Last minute: There are new developments regarding the protests in Kazakhstan. The events in the Central Asian country, which is followed closely by the whole world, began to be partially controlled. President Kasım Cömert Tokayev said that he will deliver a speech today by declaring that “Constitutional order has been largely restored in the country”. On the other hand, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan announced that the number of security guards who lost their lives in the protests increased to 18. Here is the latest situation and all the details in the protests in Kazakhstan…
THE LATEST SITUATION OF PROTESTS IN KAZAKHSTAN!
The protest wave that led to the resignation of the government turned Kazakhstan upside down, and gunfire was heard in the clashes that took place yesterday morning in Almaty, the country’s largest city and former capital.
Russian media published the first images of the military units taking off by plane. Russian army television Zvezda reported that soldiers from Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus from Russia as well as other CTSO member countries were dispatched to Kazakhstan.
Troops led by Russia will help suppress anti-government demonstrations in Kazakhstan. President of CTSO, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, stated that the alliance can hold peacekeepers ‘for a limited time’.
After the morning hours, explosions and gunshots were heard once again in the main square in Almaty towards the evening. Eyewitnesses say that military vehicles appeared on the square.
International news agencies presented some photos from the clashes that took place in Almaty yesterday to the world. The photos show demonstrators trying to enter the town hall and a person being beaten in broad daylight.