Locals near a grocery store in Almaty NUR-SULTAN, Jan 9 Supermarkets in the Kazakh city of Alma-Ata resume work on a shorter schedule, according to the Telegram channel of the operational headquarters. «Today, 28 branches of the Magnum, Toymart and Small supermarkets have been opened. Food stocks in retail outlets, in the warehouses of suppliers and distributors — in sufficient volume. Measures have been taken to ensure security. The working hours in retail chains are set from 09.00 to 18.00 for the next two days, «the press service of the city's business and investment department said. It is noted that on January 9 Magnum will open 40 stores On January 10, it is planned to gradually resume the work of all production enterprises of the city, primarily the food industry. 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 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 announced that terrorists, including those who arrived from abroad, continued to resist, and that those who did not lay down their arms would be destroyed. The President noted that all the demands of citizens expressed in peaceful forms were heard. 
