Kazakhstan: the reasons for the massive protests that leave a dozen dead and why Putin has sent troops to support the government

  • Olga Ivshina & Kateryna Khinkulova
  • BBC Russia

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Police fired stun grenades at protesters on Wednesday.

Protests in Kazakhstan on Sunday once morest rising fuel prices have spread like wildfire across the country.

The country’s security forces reported this Thursday of the death of a dozen anti-government protesters in an operation to restore order in Almaty, the country’s main city.

According to a police spokeswoman, these events occurred on Wednesday night, when protesters tried to take control of several police stations in the city.

The deaths are in addition to those of eight members of the security forces who perished during the riots.

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