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In Kazakhstan, the third day in a row, protesters go to rallies due to rising gas prices. There are detainees
In Kazakhstan, the third day in a row, protesters go to rallies due to rising gas prices. It is reported by Radio Azattyk*.
On January 4, in Nur-Sultan, the police detained at least three people from the city akimat-the alleged place of the rally. Sputnik Kazakhstan reports that about five thousand people entered the rally in Aktau. They demand to reduce the gas price to 50 tenge per liter, solve the problem of unemployment and reduce food prices.
According to Radio Azattyk, there are four autosaks near the metropolitan akimat, mobile Internet does not work in the area. In Almaty, the security forces blocked the area of the republic and limited mobile communications. In Shymkent, the police detained more than ten people near the akimat building. Several protesters in Almaty were arrested for 15 days.
On the night of January 4, protesters in Aktau installed Yantimak on the Akimat Yurt Square in the colors of the Russian flag and tent. They called for the resignation of the current government. On the video published in social networks, you can hear people chant "shaw, ket!" ("Old man, go away!"). According to the KazTAG agency, the police pushed the protesters and took them into the ring.
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 walked from jobs due to the lack of public transport, and volunteers went in their direction.
Against the background of protests, Qazaq Oil announced the possible introduction of fuel limits. “Despite the sharply increased demand for liquefied gas, Qazaq Oil undertakes to fully fulfill its obligations to corporate clients, selling gas to coupons and fuel cards within the set price. Due to limited reserves, it is possible to introduce limits on fuel leave to individuals, ”her representatives said.
President of the country Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev announced that the government commission “on the problem in the interests of stability in the country” began to work.
Earlier, the President stated that he instructed the government to urgently consider the situation in Zhanaozen "taking into account economic feasibility, in the legal field." “Demonstrators should not violate public order. <...> Citizens have the right to publicly express the requirements for local and central authorities, but this should be done in accordance with the law, in particular, with the law on peaceful meetings, ”he added .
The protests began on January 2, when the inhabitants of Zhanaozen, the Oil Moraline, went to the building of the regional administration with a protest and blocked the movement of vehicles on the road in the city center. Promotions against increasing the prices of blue fuel also took place in several villages of the Mangistau region. According to protesters, 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).