The security forces pushed the bulk of the protesters out of the central square in Alma-Ata, an Izvestia correspondent reports. There is no information about the victims.
As the correspondent of Sputnik Kazakhstan reports, as soon as the protesters arrived at the square, some of them began throwing snowballs and bottles at the police. Some of the protesters tried to stop them, but could not.
“Young people in a crowd ran into the fences, demolished them and began to crowd the police cordon. The police only defended themselves, did not use retaliatory force. The protesters pushed the security forces back to Nazarbayev Street, where there was a second cordon. Noise grenades and tear gas grenades were used here. Gas filled the area in a few minutes, ”Sputnik Kazakhstan reports.
As the protesters fled, they smashed several police vehicles parked in the square. Part of the crowd went to Zheltoksan Avenue, part – along Baiseitova Street to Abai Avenue, another part – towards Dostyk Avenue.
As it became known earlier, a confrontation began between the protesters and the security forces. In total, about a thousand people gathered in Republic Square.
It is noted that the building of the city administration is cordoned off by a large number of police officers, SOBR officers and special forces.
Earlier that day, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev made a televised address in connection with unauthorized rallies in the country, in which he called on Kazakhstanis to show prudence and not succumb to provocations. He called the protesters’ calls to attack civil and military departments of Kazakhstan absolutely illegal.
On January 4, a meeting of the government commission began in Aktau under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Yeraly Tugzhanov. It is reported that the commission will comprehensively and systematically consider topical issues in order to make a mutually acceptable solution that will satisfy all parties.
Local residents began to protest against the increase in prices for liquefied gas on January 2. Drivers took to the streets demanding lower fuel prices. Since the beginning of 2022, prices have increased from 60 to 120 tenge (20.5 rubles) per liter.
On January 3, police in Aktau, Kazakhstan, cordoned off protesters against the rise in prices for liquefied gas in the country. The protest action took place near the city administration building. Prior to that, the protesters blocked the road in the area of the Zhetibay village in the Mangistau region.
The Nur-Sultan police also recorded “attempts to organize an unauthorized rally” in the Astana Concert Halls area.
Source: IZ
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