Kazakhstan took ruthless steps to quell a week-long uprising today as Russia muscled in to the conflict, deploying special forces and hundreds of paratroopers.
President Tokayev announced a “shoot to kill without warning” policy, claiming “terrorists” were using weapons against civilians and damaging property.
Sporadic firing could still be heard in Almaty, the largest city, as Kazazh security forces sought to extinguish nationwide protests over fuel prices and inequality that turned violent.
The headquarters of the Almaty mayor smoulders on Thursday. The Kazakh government claimed that the protesters were co-ordinated and had “high combat readiness”
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Members of the Kazakh elite appeared to have fled the country for the United Arab Emirates. Nursultan Nazarbayev, the former president, was among those rumoured to have hastily departed on a private jet.
Tokayev, who spoke with President Putin of Russia by telephone, told Kazakh security chiefs this morning that order had been
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2022-01-07 15:45:00Z
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