Protest participants in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, try to capture the building of the Department of Internal Affairs of the city. It is reported by the Internet magazine “Vlast” in twitter .
It is noted that the staff of the power structures “are trying to beat off the” Police building of the protesters.
previously became known that the protesters in the city of Taldykorgan managed to demolish the monument to the first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. The network appeared a video of how the protesters threw white ribbons on a monument and under screams and songs tried to pull them, stinking the monument.
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 demands were replaced by political: governments resignation, holding new elections, consideration of the issue of lustration of people from “Clan” Nazarbayev.