MOSCOW – A Russian-led military coalition began deploying paratroopers in Kazakhstan on Thursday as part of a peacekeeping operation after a night of protests turned violent in Central Asia. Injury.
The organization said the peacekeeping effort, organized by a group of Russian editions of NATO, would be limited over time and aimed at protecting government buildings and military equipment. A statement. It does not specify how many players will be concentrated. The report said that some troops were already operating in Kazakhstan.
The police spokesman in the largest city of Kazakhstan said that the officials were killed when the officials were killed by the officials of the government buildings, police headquarters and District police offices. The announcement came after earlier reports in the local media that police had opened fire on protesters in the oil city of Atyrau, killing at least one person.
Police warned residents near major government buildings to stay home.
The announcement of the military ceasefire came a night after violent protests in cities in Kazakhstan, including Almaty, where some protesters arrived with guns and began looting shops and shopping malls, according to video footage released from the scene. They set fire to government buildings, including the town hall and the old office of the country’s president. They also captured the airport.
Authorities say about 1,000 people were injured and up to 400 were hospitalized, except for those killed. Police said Wednesday that at least eight members of the security forces were killed in the clashes.
The uprising began on Sunday in western Kazakhstan against rising fuel prices. Despite the government’s claim that it would repeal the price hike, protests spread across the country, with widespread demands for improved political representation and social benefits.
The Kazakh president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, issued a statement late at night calling the foreign-trained protesters a “terrorist group.” He declared that Kazakhstan was under attack and called for the intervention of the Russian-led coalition, known as the Joint Security Agreement.
The country’s schools have extended the winter holidays by a week and ordered the closure of all commercial banks in Kazakhstan. Internet access is also disconnected from time to time.
The scale of the protests did not go unnoticed by most Central Asian observers: Kazakhstan has long been considered one of the most successful post-Soviet countries. It has the largest per capita GDP and the largest reserves in the region so far.
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