Rally against gas price increase in Aktau, KazakhstanALMA-ATA, Jan 15The Financial Monitoring Agency (AFM) of Kazakhstan announced the arrest and detention of Deputy Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Zhumabay Karagaev on suspicion of involvement in an unjustified increase in prices for liquefied petroleum gas in the Mangistau region, the press service of the AFM reported. Earlier on Saturday, the press service of the government reported that Karagaev was relieved of his post. In turn, a number of media outlets, citing sources, reported the detention of the deputy minister. «The investigative group of the territorial department of the AFM for the Mangistau region detained the vice minister of energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Zhumabay Karagaev, heads of electronic trading platforms and persons involved in an unreasonable increase in prices for liquefied petroleum gas in the Mangistau region,» the agency said. According to a press release, Karagaev was sanctioned by a court decision, chosen by the investigating authority and supported by the regional prosecutor's office, in the form of «detention» for a period of two months.
The details of the death of a Russian woman during the riots in Kazakhstan became known»The investigation continues. Other information in the interests of the investigation is not subject to disclosure,» the report says. rising prices for liquefied natural 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. On Thursday, January 13, the successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced, now the peacekeepers are returning from Kazakhstan.
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