Protesters in Almaty, Kazakhstan MOSCOW, Jan 7 Protests in Kazakhstan first were peaceful, but then the crowd was led by bandits and terrorists with weapons, the presidential administration reported. «At first they (the protests) were peaceful … However, later the voices of peaceful protesters drowned in calls for violence by provocateurs … The crowd was led by bandits and terrorists with weapons «, — reports the words of the first deputy head of the presidential administration of Kazakhstan Dauren Abaev Sputnik Kazakhstan. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022. Then the residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a two-fold increase in prices for liquefied gas, then the protests spread to other cities. In Alma-Ata, on January 4 and 5, clashes with security officials took place, the police used gas and stun grenades. Throughout Kazakhstan, the Internet was turned off, and the broadcasting of a number of TV channels was temporarily stopped. Until January 19, a state of emergency was introduced throughout Kazakhstan. On the morning of January 5, President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the Security Council CSTO «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan in connection with Tokayev's appeal. The forces will be directed for a limited period in order to stabilize and normalize the situation in the country. Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in the online report & gt; & gt; 
Shootout began in the center of Almaty
