Aftermath of the riots in Almaty, Kazakhstan NUR-SULTAN, Jan 9 The Affected Business Support Fund was created in Alma-Ata on the initiative of Kazakhstani entrepreneurs, anyone can contribute any amount, the Khabar 24 TV channel reports. The organization appeals to the country's business community to provide financial assistance that will go to restore the affected subjects. It is planned that the distribution of funds will be transparent, and data on the movement of money will be published in the public domain. «This initiative was announced literally today, respectively, the work is just beginning. From tomorrow, official registration with the justice authorities will take place, a current account will be opened and everyone can participate in this work, «- said on the air of the TV channel the first deputy chairman of the board of the national chamber of entrepreneurs of the country» Atameken «Nariman Abilshaikov, adding that the amount of damage is already estimated in tens of billions of tenge. Kazakhstan amounted to more than 92.3 billion tenge ($ 212 million). 
The amount of damage from unrest in Kazakhstan exceeded $ 210 million 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. 
