The President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev changed the head of the National Security Committee (CNB), reports RIA Novosti.
According to the agency, the former head of the service of the State Service Yermek Sagimbayev appointed the new head of the CNB. Ex-chapter of the Karim Masimov Committee The country’s leader freed from office.
Previously, on January 5, the protesters captured in Almaty the building of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan. “Several dozen people broke into the KNB building in Alma-Ata and fully captured him,” said the source of the storming of the building.
January 5 throughout Kazakhstan was introduced a state of emergency (PE). This regime limits movement, introduces a ban on mass assemblies and strikes, and also allows law enforcement officers to conduct personal inspection of citizens and cars.
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.