Kazakhstan law enforcement officers over the past night prevented several attempts to enter weapons in Nur-Sultan. This is reported by TASS with reference to local media.
also stopped several buses mainly with young people from the southern regions of Kazakhstan. The passengers could not explain to the police the purpose of the visit to the capital and were detained.
January 5, President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart appealed to the CSTO for help from the riots started in the country. On January 2, protests began in Kazakhstani cities due to the increase in gas prices for cars from 60 to 120 tenge. Later, they turned into disorders with the requirements of the first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev from politics, holding new elections and the dissolution of parliament. The most significant collisions occurred in the former capital of Alma-Ata.