Siloviki in the Kazakhstan city of Aktau moved to the side of the protesters. This is reported to “Izvestia” with a reference to eyewitnesses.
The law enforcement officers explained their decision by the fact that they could not go against their people. Kaztag’s local Telegram channel reports that in another Kazakhstan city, Atyrau, the police began to move on the side of the protesters.
Previously, several hundred protesters in Aktau captured the armed forces truck and disarmed the military. On the video of events, it is shown both demonstrators armed with metal rods, under the threat of attacks, make the soldiers get out of the car and lie on the ground. After that, the authorities are disassembled by the policies of the authorities and take self-blades from them. The military themselves behave underlined peacefully and are not trying to resist the protesters. Information about the injured as a result of the incident was not received.
Protests in Kazakhstan began on Sunday, January 2, due to the increase in gas prices for cars from 60 to 120 tenge (from 10 to 20 rubles) per liter. Soon, economic requirements were replaced by political: the resignation of the government, holding new elections, removing people from the “clan” of the former President of Nursultan Nazarbayev.