Public figure from Alma-Ata Valery Kudryavtsev, who became an eyewitness and peaceful protests, and followed the riots, told in an interview with Lente.ru, that the pogroms in the city have already learned not those peaceful protesters that they went to the streets initially.
“On January 4, the rally was disciplined. When new people were joined, they were explained to them that you need to pass the fast, do not attack the police if they do not apply violence, clearly nominate their demands. The main thing was not to allow unrest … and on the second The day began the apocalypse. Already appeared, let’s say, new participants. They began to smash everything in their path, “he told.
According to him, many people from other regions and countries arrived at the protest in Almaty. “Perhaps they arrived from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. There were many people who arrived on cars with Russian numbers (most likely it was the locals who buy cars in Russia),” suggested Kudryavtsev.
“I think that in the wave of growth of protest in the city, people who had a good task to live in. Although I do not exclude the option that it could be some terrorist raids,” he added.
Earlier, the President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev announced the participation of foreignea militants in protests in the republic, which were held in early January. “I have no doubt that it was a terrorist attack. A well-organized and prepared act of aggression against Kazakhstan with the participation of foreign militants is mainly from Central Asian countries, including Afghanistan,” Tokaev said.