Kazakhstan calls on Russia-led coalition to help end protests | Opposition Articles

Kazakh Interior Ministry says eight police officers have been killed in clashes over rising fuel prices.

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said he had asked for help from the Russian security forces after failing to stop it. days of demonstrations in the former Soviet Union, which has seen government buildings burned down and eight security guards dead.

Central Asia has been shaking and protests since the start of the year against the New Year’s oil price hike that Wednesday rose to the point where protests have clashed with police and destroyed government buildings.

“Today I have asked the leaders of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) to help Kazakhstan deal with these terrorists,” Tokayev told state television on Thursday.

“On the contrary, this is no longer a threat,” he added. “It undermines the integrity of the state.”

Moscow leads the CSTO security alliance, which includes five other former Soviet states.

Tokayev, who previously ruled out an emergency nationwide, said terrorist groups – which he said had “received higher education abroad” – were “increasing” across the country.

“They are looting houses and buildings and, most importantly, they are looting small arms,” ​​he said, adding that he also seized five planes at the airport in the main city of Almaty in the country.

“Right now there is a war going on near Almaty with the Ministry of Defense forces, a fierce battle,” Tokayev said.

The deputy mayor later said the airport has been cleared of protesters and is in good working order.

Kazakh Interior Ministry says eight police and security guards have been killed in the clashes, with more than 300 injured. No deaths of civilian casualties were released.

Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck.

Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. They have repeatedly fought protests in recent days, sending missiles in the winter, as well as tear gas and tear gas canisters.

Tokayev promised to take it critical measures to put an end to the riots and declare a two-week emergency across the country, and to extend the proclamation of Nur-Sultan and Almaty headquarters that imposed a no-night traffic ban and restricted travel to and around urban areas.

The government has resigned due to unrest on Wednesday. Kazakh media outlets remained unoccupied until noon, with the international governing body Netblocks saying the country was facing an internet crisis, but the Russian news agency Tass said the internet was restored in Almaty early Thursday.

Although the protests began as a result of the rising prices of fossil fuels that are widely used as fuel, its size and rapid spread show dissatisfaction in a country that has been ruled by the same party since then. gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Kazakhstan, the ninth largest country in the world, borders Russia to the north and China to the east and has vast oil reserves that make it an important economic powerhouse.

Despite its reserves, however, the dissatisfaction with life poverty is strong in some parts of the country. Many Kazakhs also oppose the ruling party, which has more than 80 percent of the seats in parliament.