The climate remains tense Kazakhstan, with the army intervening to quell protests over rising gas prices, something that has caused clashes in streets and squares.
According to the APE-MPE, the police in Almaty, the largest city and financial capital of Kazakhstan, announced that Dozens of riots “eliminated”, after incidents in the main square.
As Reuters reported earlier, citing its correspondents who are there, armored personnel carriers and dozens of pedestrians enter Almaty’s main square, where hundreds of people had gathered to protest against the government for a third day.
Shots were fired as soldiers approached the crowd, according to Reuters eyewitnesses.
At the same time, the Russian news agency TASS reported that heavy exchanges of fire broke out between the army and armed people in the square in front of the Almaty town hall.
“Soldiers arrived in the square, launched a clearing operation against the rioters. “A fierce exchange of gunfire is underway.”, according to TASS.
The Sputnik news agency reported at the same time, citing a statement from Almaty police, that dozens of people had been killed in the city as they tried to storm police headquarters overnight.
“Attempted raid on Almaty police headquarters overnight and dozens of assailants eliminated”, announced the police.
According to Reuters, Kazakhstan state television broadcast today that The National Bank of the country decided to suspend the operation of all financial institutions. Also the internet is mostly out of order in the country.
Protests in Kazakhstan, which erupted initially over rising fuel prices, killed eight police officers and members of the National Guard the day before yesterday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, prompting the president to call for help from a security alliance under Russia. which offered to send peacekeepers.
President Tokayev sees the danger of “overthrowing the state”
For “terrorist gangs” involved in a battle with paratroopers in Almaty, said the President of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Yomart Tokayev, underlining is not simply facing a “threat” but a risk of overthrowing the “state”.
THE Mr. Tokayev also confirmed that he had requested military assistance from him Collective Security Treaty Organization (CTSO), an institution in which former Soviet republics under its leadership participate Russia. THE President of the OSSA, the Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian, confirmed that a “peacekeeping mission” would be deployed in Kazakhstan at the request of the.
THE Ersan Babakumarov, its deputy mayor Almaty, announced that the occupation of the city airport has ended. Several airlines were forced to cancel flights to and from the city after it was occupied by a crowd of people yesterday Wednesday (5/1).
Before his announcements Piroedru Tokagev, the ΥMinistry of the Interior confirmed the deaths of eight police officers and its men National Guard and the injuries of others 317. He did not report casualties among the protesters.
Earlier, the government submitted its resignation to the President, who announced that he accepted it. The rumors that circulated that he himself Mr. Tokayev he was also going to resign or leave the country were categorically denied by him.
Violence is centered on his financial metropolis Kazakhstan, Almaty, with law enforcement using stun grenades to disperse protesters, setting cars on fire.
The President announced political reforms shortly yesterday, without going into further details.
In addition, he announced that he is taking on the role of head of his security council Kazakhstan, an office held until yesterday by the former PiPresident Nursultan Nazarbayev, who retained part of power even though he ceased to be the head of state in 2019.
“My constitutional duty is to be with the people. “Together we will overcome this black page in the history of Kazakhstan,” he said Kasim-Yomart Tokayev.
The resignation of the government did nothing but de-escalate the protests. Various media outlets in the country carried information about an attack on a house used by the head of state in the big city and its arson.
The interruption of internet access, which is believed to have been ordered by the authorities to make communication between the organizers of the demonstrations difficult, makes communications difficult. The whole country was declared a state of emergency.
The US stance on the EU, Russia and the UN
The presidency of USA called his authorities yesterday Kazakhstan to show “restraint” and expressed the wish that the demonstrations be “peaceful”, with the representative of Jen Psaki to categorically deny the “false accusations of Russia” about American incitement to the demonstrations that shocked the country. “This is completely false,” he said, referring to Russia’s “misinformation strategy.” For his part, the representative of American diplomacy Ned Price reported that the Washington “Condemns the violence and the destruction of property and calls on both the authorities and the protesters to show restraint.”
THE European Union called for calm to be restored. THE Russia called for a peaceful resolution of the crisis “within the framework of the Constitution and the laws and through dialogue and not through riots in the streets”. THE UN “He is watching the situation with concern,” his spokesman said yesterday General Secretary, Stefan Duzarik, adding that it is “very important for everyone to show restraint, to refrain from violence and to promote dialogue”.
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