NUR-SULTAN, Jan 8 RT freelance correspondent Stanislav Obishchenko, detained in Kazakhstan, was released, the channel reports. «The freelance correspondent of RT, detained in Alma-Ata, was released. Stanislav Obishchenko contacted his wife from the hotel,» the RT Telegram channel said in Russian. As RT producer Mikhail Krasnov said earlier, the incident occurred when the journalist went to the square. Republic to shoot footage of military equipment. At that moment, a car with soldiers «drove up to Obishchenko,» he was put on his knees and threatened with machine guns. There was no contact with the correspondent. The Russian Foreign Ministry and the Consulate General in Alma-Ata were aware of what had happened and looked into this situation. Riots in Kazakhstan Mass protests in the republic began in the early days of 2022, the reason for the discontent of the residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country was a twofold increase in the price of liquefied petroleum gas used for refueling cars. Subsequently, people took to the streets in other cities, there were several clashes with the security forces of the republic, there are victims from all sides. The participants in the events, whom the authorities call militants or terrorists, made several attempts to storm administrative buildings and police departments, they were repulsed. According to the UN, about a thousand people were injured during the protests in Kazakhstan. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic reported that 18 security officials were killed. Until January 19, an emergency regime was in effect throughout Kazakhstan, the authorities were cleaning the squares from the instigators of the shares. President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and ordered to introduce regulation of selling prices for fuel, but the unrest continued. He also headed the 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 turned to the CSTO for help. During the riots, members of the organization sent collective peacekeeping forces to the republic, which will guard administrative and diplomatic buildings and help the local military maintain law and order. Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in the online report & gt; & gt; 
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