President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during a meetingMOSCOW, Feb 10 > President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, said that the January rallies in the republic were a carefully prepared operation of international terrorists, their goal was to undermine the constitutional order and a coup. «Indeed, there was a carefully prepared operation of international terrorists , bandits who attacked Kazakhstan with the aim, first of all, to undermine the constitutional order and, of course, to carry out a coup d'état,» Tokayev said. appreciated the role of Russian peacekeepers in Kazakhstan. He noted that, unfortunately, there were a lot of victims during the rallies.» punished, discovered and, most importantly, brought to justice,» Tokayev added. In early January, mass protests took place in Kazakhstan. In the first days of 2022, residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country 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. The authorities declared a state of emergency throughout the country until January 19 and carried out 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. Tokayev's efforts, Putin said
