The Police of Kazakhstan applied power methods against the participants of the “gas” protests in Aktau. This is reported by the Kazakh telegraph Agency (KazTag).
On the video that was enrolled in the publication, it can be seen that in the evening on Monday, December 3, the staff of the power bodies, holding hands, forcefully pushed the protesters and began to take them into camp like Kettling (the police method that implies the holding of the demonstration participants in Ring without the opportunity to go out).
According to the correspondent of the local edition, the city of Zhanaozen, belonging to the Mangystau region, is also transferred to security forces. “A bus with the fighters of the National Guard goes in the zhetybai area, they saw them with their own eyes – on the Ural car,” – leads KazTAG message common among protesters on January 3. In the National Guard of Kazakhstan, the information that appeared did not respond.
It is noted that two aircraft of military transport aircraft also arrived at the place of events.
Protests in Kazakhstan began in the morning of January 2 in Zhanaozen and other settlements of the Mangystau region. Motorists demanded to reduce the cost of liquefied gas, which increased dramatically from 60 to 120 tenge (from 10.2 to 20.5 Russian ruble) per liter.
attempts to negotiate
After the start of the protests, the central government had to intervene. On January 3, the President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev told that he ordered the government of the republic “urgently consider the situation In Zhanaozen, taking into account the economic feasibility, in the legal field. ” In turn, the Cabinet announced the establishment of a commission to consider the socio-economic situation in the Mangystau region and promised to implement a package of measures to resolve the price of liquefied petroleum gas. Also, in relation to the owners of refueling, an investigation has begun on the subject of the price conspiracy.
The measures taken did not suit the protesters – so, in Aktau, demonstrators demanded the resignation of the Government of the Republic.
failed dialogue
Local authorities also attempts to establish a dialogue with protesters. Representatives of Akimat (Administration) of the Mangystau region in Kazakhstan called on the “gas” protest participants to solve issues in the legal field.
During the meeting with the audience, representatives of local executive bodies called for citizens to conduct a constructive dialogue, the press service of the akimat reported. Also officials “explained the need to comply with public order, as his violation can lead to the threat of life and health of the population.”
Nevertheless, the protesters in Zhanaozen were driven from the central square who came to negotiate the Akim of the Mangystau region Nurlan Nogaeva and his subordinates. Local residents did not satisfy his statement that the authorities agreed with the owners of the gas station about some decline in fuel prices.