The President of Kazakhstan introduced the emergency mode in Almaty and the Mangistau region until January 19. During the protests, people began to burn the columns of police cars

President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev signed a decree on the introduction of a state of emergency in the largest city in the country of Almaty and the Mangistau region, with which gas protests began. This was reported on the presidential website.

The emergency mode will last 1:30 January 5 (22:30 Moscow time) until January 19. The authorities of Kazakhstan motivate such a decision "ensuring public security, restoring the law and law and order, protecting the rights and freedoms of citizens."

When introducing an emergency in Kazakhstan:

• Almaty is now managed by the commandant’s office, headed by the chief of the police Timerdenov

• In the areas of the emergency, there is a commandant hour from 23.00 to 7.00

• It is forbidden to sell weapons, ammunition and alcohol. Available "trunks" of the population will seize

• The protection of public order and strategic objects is intensified

• Freedom of movement is limited

• Verification of documents and personal inspections are introduced

• The entry and exit from the emergency zone is limited

• Any mass meetings are prohibited (including funerals and weddings)

• The connection is limited

On the night of January 4 to 5, protests due to gas prices in the country resulted in large-scale clashes of citizens with security forces in Almaty. People gathered in the square of the republic, from where the security forces ousted them with light school grenades and tear gas. In response, the protesters began to smash and set fire to police cars. At least one of them exploded .

A video of eyewitnesses from Almaty with whole columns of the set fire to the police appears in social networks. According to Vlast, hundreds of protesters in the night return to the Republic of Almaty, from where the police had pushed them earlier. Military equipment has already been introduced into the city, light -school grenades continue to break.

On the evening of January 4, President Tokaev turned to a nation in Russian and Kazakh against the backdrop of fuel protests, which have been going throughout the country for three days and pour into force clashes. He called on citizens, especially young people, not to succumb to “provocations” and not go into conflict. “The authorities will not fall,” he emphasized separately. Then the first serious clashes using grenades and gas began in Almaty.

At the moment, the Internet is almost completely disconnected in the country. Thousands of people in different cities of the country require reducing the price of liquefied gas, which in Kazakhstan, the majority of the population refueling cars, up to 50 tenge per liter, solve the problem of unemployment and reduce food prices. Activists were detained and arrested in Almaty and other cities of the country. Citizens called on the first president of the country Nursultan Nazarbayev to leave politics.

As a sign of support, employees of three oil and gas deposits announced a strike - Kalamkas and Karazhanbas in the Mangistau region, as well as Tengiz in the Atyrau region. The watchmen left their jobs due to the lack of public transport.

Against the background of protests, Qazaq Oil announced the possible introduction of fuel limits.

Kasim-Zhomart Tokaev convened a government commission to solve the problem.

The first protests began in the oil city of Zhanaozen. Promotions against increasing the prices of blue fuel also took place in several villages of the Mangistau region. From January 1, the price per liter of liquefied gas increased to 120 tenge ($ 0.27), residents demand to reduce it to 50-60 tenge ($ 0.13).