Police units near the palace of the President of Kazakhstan «Akorda» in Nur-Sultan NUR-SULTAN Jan 9 Residents of the capital of Kazakhstan are asked not to go out and watch the children, the head of the Nur-Sultan police department Yerzhan Sadenov said. “Residents of Nur-Sultan are asked to stay at home and watch the children. The capital is under full control, but operational work is underway, the commandant said. Policemen go to apartments and yards. Doubtful persons are asked to report to the police, «the report says. It is noted that the curfew in Nur-Sultan operates from 23.00 to 7.00. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022 — residents the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a twofold increase in 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 across the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, about 1,000 people were injured during the protests in Kazakhstan. According to the updated data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 16 security officials were killed. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart 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 the CSTO for help «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 terrorists, including those who 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.
