Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of BTA Bank Mukhtar AblyazovMOSCOW, 17 Jan. The center for coordinating protests in Kazakhstan is located in Kiev, a fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, who lives in France, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. — said Ablyazov.According to him, the work of the headquarters was activated immediately after the first performances in Kazakhstan. The protesters called this headquarters, and they were advised to strictly follow the algorithm developed by the so-called opposition. The algorithm, according to the interlocutor of the agency, has existed for more than four years. On the one hand, he calls for peaceful protests, including “fighting looters, acting in a coordinated manner, not allowing the authorities to resort to provocations.” On the other hand, he suggests seizing administrative buildings. On January 5, Russian political scientist Andrey Suzdaltsev told RIA Novosti. «Ukrainian special services have been work in Kazakhstan, stimulate Kazakh nationalism, set up groups in the government against Russia,” the expert said at the time. «. «We took this calmly, because this is not the first time. But in this case, all the negative factors came into resonance,» Suzdaltsev added. Protests in Kazakhstan countries opposed the doubling of 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 imposed a state of emergency throughout the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorist operation . According to the country's Prosecutor General's Office, 4,578 people were injured as a result of the riots, 225 people were killed, including 19 security officials.The CSTO Secretary General assessed the likelihood of new unrest in KazakhstanPresident of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismissed the government, headed the Security Council and asked for help from the CSTO «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The CSTO Collective Security Council sent collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan to normalize the situation in the country. Last week, the successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced, now the peacekeepers are returning from Kazakhstan. Who is Mukhtar Ablyazov? Ablyazov has been living abroad for many years. In June 2017, an Almaty court found Ablyazov guilty of creating a criminal community and embezzling funds from BTA Bank, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison with confiscation of property. The trial took place in the absence of Ablyazov. According to the Kazakh authorities, the total amount of damage caused by the ex-banker exceeds $7.5 billion.
In March 2018, an Astana court recognized the unregistered movement Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK), headed by Ablyazov, as an extremist organization and banned its activities on the territory of the country. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, Ablyazov's goal is to overthrow and seize power. Separately, in 2018, the ex-banker was sentenced in absentia to life in prison for the murder of business partner Yerzhan Tatishev in 2004.
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