Military equipment on a street in Nur-Sultan MOSCOW, Jan 7 The events in Kazakhstan were the result of confrontation among local elites, including at the level of the country's law enforcement agencies, because the training of many thousands of militants could not be overlooked, Honorary President of the International Association of Veterans of the Alfa Anti-Terror Unit Sergei Goncharov told RIA Novosti. Earlier on Friday, the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev said that 20,000 bandits attacked Alma-Ata alone, and it is «critically important» to understand why the state «overslept» the underground training of militant sleeping cells. question «, emphasized Goncharov. The likelihood of not noticing the formation of a large number of underground cells is only «a small fraction of a percent,» the source added. According to him, what happened in Kazakhstan is «literally a rebellion.» «This is a clash of elites against the backdrop of protest sentiments that have accumulated in Kazakhstan,» he added. And such opposition, apparently, took place at the level of authorities and law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan, Goncharov said. 
Zhirinovsky named the reason for the protests in Kazakhstan Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the early days of 2022. Then the residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktown 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 temporarily turned off. 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; 
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