Burned bus in Almaty, Kazakhstan NUR-SULTAN, Jan 10 The amount of damage from the riots in Kazakhstan by Monday morning exceeded $ 215 million, according to the national chamber of entrepreneurs of the country «Atameken.» By Sunday morning, the amount of damage from the riots in the country reached $ 212 million. According to rough estimates, the damage amounted to more than 93.7 billion tenge (in Almaty — 92.2 billion tenge), «the message says. It is noted that 1319 affected business entities and 1488 objects were identified in nine regions of the country, including in Almaty — 1234 subjects and 1399 objects. «Industries of affected business entities: trade — 1245; catering — 25; financial sector — 37; logistics — 9; media — 2», — the message explains. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022 — residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west countries 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 updated information from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 16 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. Tokayev said on January 7 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. 
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