In a written statement made by the Samruk-Kazina National Welfare Fund, it was noted that as of January 14, Kayrat Sharipbayev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the country’s national natural gas company “Qazaq Gaz”, resigned from his position.
It was stated that Dimaş Dosanov, President of the country’s national oil carrier company “KazTransOil”, also resigned from his post.
CALLED AS NAZARBAYEV’S Grooms
National media refer to the people in question as the sons-in-law of Kazakhstan’s founding President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
It is stated that Kayrat Sharipbayev is the wife of Nazarbayev’s eldest daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva and Dimaş Dosanov’s younger daughter Aliya Nazarbayeva.
225 PEOPLE LOSE LIVES
In the statement made by the Kazakhstan Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Health, information was given about the events that started on January 2 and turned into protests across the country.
It was stated that a total of 4,353 people were injured, 3 thousand 393 of whom were law enforcement officers.
It was reported that 225 people, including civilian citizens, police and soldiers, lost their lives.
In the statement, it was stated that the investigation of 546 cases, 44 of them terrorist acts and 15 of them murders, continues in the country.
It was reported that 446 people were detained in the scope of the lawsuits.
A state of emergency was lifted in 10 REGIONS
On the other hand, the state of emergency, which was declared in 3 metropolitan cities and 14 states of the country on 5 January, has been lifted in 3 more states as of today. Thus, the state of emergency ended in 1 metropolitan city and 9 states in the country.
The withdrawal process of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Peace Corps, which was deployed to the country on January 6, has been completed. While the troops of Belarus, Tajikistan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan were withdrawing yesterday, today the Russian soldiers have completely left the country.
EVENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN
Protests started in the west of Kazakhstan on January 2, on the grounds of price hikes in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and the worsening of the socioeconomic situation in the country, turned into violence in the country’s former capital, Almaty.
There were clashes between security forces and protesters during the demonstrations in Almaty.
On January 5, Kazakhstan President Kasım Cömert Tokayev accepted the resignation of the government, which he held responsible for the protests, and then declared a state of emergency (OHAL) across the country.
The Nur Sultan administration ordered the security forces to operate on the grounds that the demonstrators occupied public buildings, used weapons and continued to damage the property of citizens.
President Tokayev, in his speech in the Parliament on January 11, stated that the constitutional order was established in the country and that the CSTO Peace Force would withdraw from the country within 10 days. (AA)