Law enforcement officers during a protest MOSCOW, January 7 Detentions took place in the Kazakh city of Petropavlovsk Some of the protesters, the overall situation is calm, Sputnik Kazakhstan reports. «Individual protesters were detained in Petropavlovsk. The situation is calm,» Sputnik Kazakhstan said in a Telegram channel. It is noted that police officers and servicemen of the Kazakh National Guard are on duty on the streets of the city. Mobile and wired internet is not working at the moment. In addition, there are problems with cash at ATMs. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the early 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. A state of emergency was introduced throughout Kazakhstan until January 19. Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the republic’s Security Council, at the first meeting of which he called the situation in Kazakhstan «undermining the integrity of the state» and said that he had asked the CSTO for help «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;
