People and police in Almaty NUR-SULTAN, Jan 9 One of the detainees in the Kazakh city of Alma-Ata said that he flew in from Kyrgyzstan, some people offered him to participate in the rally for more than $ 200, according to the Khabar 24 TV channel. “Strangers phoned me and offered to participate in the rally, offered 90 thousand tenge ( more than $ 200), since I am unemployed in Kyrgyzstan, I agreed, «the detainee said on the air of the TV channel. According to him, they bought an air ticket for him, and on January 2 he arrived in Almaty. There he was taken to an apartment where there were «citizens of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.» «About ten people,» the detainee answered when asked how many people were in the apartment. /5f22acf0912f731c8addf3201c0f1b42.jpg «/>The crisis in Kazakhstan is part of a hybrid aggression against Ukraine 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, 16 Kazakhstani security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. 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.
