Locals near a grocery store in Almaty MOSCOW, Jan 8 State Duma Deputy Oleg Matveychev (United Russia), commenting on the situation with businessmen who helped protesters in Kazakhstan, said that this should be a lesson for Russian entrepreneurs. Earlier, Matveychev commented on the protests in Kazakhstan on his Facebook page. In particular, he described scenes of violence against business representatives who helped people who took to the streets. The politician motivated this by the fact that entrepreneurs do not understand that they will lose their comfortable life by supporting change. He later deleted the posts on the social network and apologized for them. According to the deputy, the situation in Kazakhstan is a lesson for Russian entrepreneurs. on the street and loot all their shops. Nobody will ask them whether they supported the government or not. They will crush everything … As a result of any revolution, the standard of living falls … We must protect our own state, order, «- said the parliamentarian. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022 — residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a twofold increase in prices for liquefied gas. Later, the protests spread to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital and the largest city of the republic: looting began there, militants attacked state institutions, took away weapons. In response, the authorities declared a state of emergency across the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, about 1,000 people were injured during the protests in Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 18 security officials were killed. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the Security Council. At the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, Tokayev described the situation in Kazakhstan as 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 to normalize the situation in the country. On January 7, Tokayev said that terrorists, including those who arrived from abroad, continued to resist, and promised to destroy those who did not lay down their arms. In addition, the President noted that all the demands of citizens, expressed in peaceful forms, were heard. 
Deputy Matveychev apologized for the post about Kazakhstan
