Commandant hour, which is valid from 23:00 to 07:00 local time (from 20:00 to 04:00 Moscow) ended in the capital of Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan. This is reported by the Sputnik Kazakhstan agency in its Telegram Channel.
“On the roads a large number of buses, some of them are regular, part with the inscription” Order “. People stand at stops, get to work. The city continues to live a common life,” the report says. It is noted that the strengthening is noticed at the Government House. Near the airport of the city also contains BTR, military and policemen with firearms.
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. However, later they turned into disorders with the requirements of the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev from politics, holding new elections at all levels and dissolution of parliament. The most large-scale clashes turned in the former capital of Alma-Ata.