Akimat building damaged by fire in Almaty. File photoNUR-SULTAN, Jan 14The Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs (NCE) adjusted the amount of damage caused to businesses as a result of the riots, as of Friday morning it amounted to more than $217 million. On Thursday, the press service NCE Atameken reported a 10% reduction in damages to $215 million.CSTO peacekeepers from three countries left Kazakhstan»The total amount of damage was estimated at more than 94.4 billion tenge, of which 92.4 billion tenge in Almaty. Industries of affected business entities: trade — 1602, catering — 52, financial sector — 77, logistics — 27, media — 5,» the Chamber of Entrepreneurs said in a statement. It is explained that 1,763 affected business entities and 2,065 objects were identified in nine regions of the republic, of which 1,618 entities and 1,904 objects were in Alma-Ata. «Earlier, objects from Pavlodar and Mangistau regions were announced among the affected regions, but the declared facts were not confirmed, and entrepreneurs left the register of the affected business,» the report says. Western countries opposed the doubling of 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 throughout the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, during the protests in Kazakhstan, about 1,000 people were injured. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 17 Kazakh security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. On the morning of January 5, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart 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 for help from the CSTO «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 the terrorists, including those who had 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.
