Police officers on a street in Alma-AtaMOSCOW, Jan 18Law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan, in addition to taking measures to stabilize the situation, have to repel information attacks, said State Secretary Yerlan Karin. «From the very first days, we have faced outright information attacks… This flow of disinformation, fake news, false information of various kinds — it continues.. Law enforcement agencies, in addition to the measures they are taking to stabilize the situation, unfortunately also have to be distracted and repel the information attacks I noted,» the Secretary of State said on the air of the Khabar 24 TV channel.
A video appeared on the web with an armed attack on the motorcade of the mayor of Alma-AtaAccording to the Secretary of State, information attacks are organized and carried out by both internal and external sources. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022 — residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed LPG prices. 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 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. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President 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. Later, on January 7, Tokayev said 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. The successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced on January 13, peacekeepers began to return from Kazakhstan.
