Kazakhstan Protests
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Kazakhstan reports 225 deaths in days of violent protestsAt the request of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization sent a force of over 2,000 soldiers to act as peacekeepers.WorldJan 15, 2022
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Kazakhstan reports 164 deaths in week of violent protestsMost of the deaths were in Almaty, the country's largest city, where demonstrators seized government buildings and set some afire, according to the health ministry.WorldJan 9, 2022
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Kazakhstan’s ex-security chief arrested as government cracks down on unrestThe detention of Karim Massimov was announced by the National Security Committee which he headed until he was fired by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Wednesday.WorldJan 8, 2022
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Kazakhstan gives shoot-to-kill orders against anti-government protestersKazakhstan’s president authorized security forces on Friday to shoot to kill those participating in unrest whom he called “terrorists."WorldJan 7, 2022
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Kazakhstan protests: Dozens of demonstrators, 12 police killed amid unrestAfter breaking into the presidential residence and the mayor’s office in Kazakhstan's largest city Wednesday, demonstrators continued to try to storm more buildings overnight.WorldJan 6, 2022
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Kazakhstan president’s home reportedly ablaze amid protests over fuel pricesIn response to the protests, the government resigned and the president vowed to take harsh measures to quell the unrest.WorldJan 5, 2022
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Kazakhstan government resigns as violent protests over fuel price hikes rock countryPresident Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ordered acting cabinet ministers to reinstate price controls for gasoline, diesel and other "socially important" consumer goods.WorldJan 5, 2022
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Protesters in Kazakhstan dispute legitimacy of early presidential electionThe protesters complained the snap election was illegitimate, staged as a show to hand over power to a loyalist of the longtime president who resigned in March.WorldJun 9, 2019
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