Dozens of protesters were killed by the police, and regarding a thousand others were wounded on Wednesday night in Kazakhstan while they were trying to seize administrative buildings in the framework of demonstrations and riots that began in protest once morest the increase in gas prices, while 12 members of the security forces were killed and 353 others were injured in the riots and demonstrations that began in Kazakhstan days ago, local authorities announced, while Russia and its allies in the Collective Security Treaty Organization announced the dispatch of the first battalion of peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan.
peacekeeping forces
“A collective peacekeeping force of the Collective Security Treaty Organization has been sent to Kazakhstan for a limited period in order to ensure the stability and normalization of the situation,” the military alliance said in a statement posted on the Telegram app.
The mission of these forces, which includes Russian, Belarusian, Armenian, Tajik and Kyrgyz units, will be “protecting state and military installations” and “helping Kazakh law-enforcement forces restore stability and restore the rule of law.”
Security forces killed
Despite declaring a state of emergency and imposing a curfew, protests are still continuing.
Yesterday, Thursday, local media quoted police spokesman Saltana Azerbeck that “dozens” of demonstrators were killed while trying to seize administrative buildings and police stations. He said that “extremist forces tried last night to storm administrative buildings and police stations in the city of Almata,” stressing that “dozens of the attackers were eliminated.”
For his part, Deputy Health Minister Ajer Ghainat told “Khabar 24” channel that “more than a thousand people were injured as a result of the riots in different regions of Kazakhstan, 400 of them were hospitalized and 62 people to intensive care,” according to the channel quoted by the Interfax agencies. TASS this information. The authorities announced the killing of 12 members of the security forces and the wounding of 353 others in the riots and demonstrations, according to the same government channel, which said that “the body of one of them was found beheaded,” according to news agencies TASS, Interfax-Kazakhstan and RIA Novosti. And the police announced that they arrested regarding two thousand people in the streets of Almata.
Government measures to resolve the crisis
Against the background of problems in the work of the Internet, Central Bank spokeswoman Olgasa Ramzanova announced the suspension of the work of all financial institutions in the country. As a result of the chaos, uranium, of which Kazakhstan is one of the world’s main producers, has seen a sharp rise in its price.
Yesterday, Thursday, the Kazakh president took a series of emergency measures aimed at “ensuring the stability of the work of public services, transport and infrastructure”, strengthening the readiness of the security forces and resuming the work of banks.
And banning the export of some types of food products in order to stabilize prices. The government announced that it had set fuel prices for a period of six months.
The government also temporarily banned the export of foodstuffs, including meat, potatoes and carrots, “with the aim of stabilizing the prices of basic food products for the community.”
International demands for peaceful solutions
In addition, Britain called for an end to violent protests in Kazakhstan, expressing its concerns regarding the mass unrest sparked by the increase in fuel prices.
“We urge an escalation and we want a peaceful solution,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s official spokesman told reporters. The EU also called on Russia to respect Kazakhstan’s sovereignty and independence, and the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, urged all parties to exercise restraint. “The violence must stop,” an EU spokesman said. We also call on all parties to exercise restraint and reach a peaceful solution to the situation.”
“The European Union is now ready and certainly willing to support a dialogue in the country,” he added. On Wednesday, Russia had called for dialogue, not “riots” to settle the situation.
For its part, the White House called on the Kazakh authorities to “exercise restraint.”
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