Police officers at the Maslikhat building in Nur-Sultan NUR-SULTAN, Jan 8 The Russian Embassy in Nur-Sultan sent a request to the police to clarify reports about the detention of a Russian citizen in Kazakhstan, the press service of the diplomatic mission told RIA Novosti. to the police department of Kostanay region, «the press service said. On Thursday, the media reported that a Russian citizen was detained during the riots in Kazakhstan. It was noted that the Russian was detained in the Kostanay region, among other 245 people, later 35 of them, mostly women and minors, were released. According to the police, the detainees violated public order, broke benches, threw garbage. Molotov cocktails and traumatic weapons were found at the scene. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the early days of 2022 — residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a two-fold 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. 
Foreigners detained for participating in protests in Kazakhstan On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and became head of 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 announced 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. Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in the online report & gt; & gt; 
Nazarbayev called on everyone to rally around the President of Kazakhstan
