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Kazakhstan Unrest Continues As President Authorizes Lethal Force
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January 7, 2022
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1:27Now PlayingFuel-price increases in Kazakhstan sparked a wave of deadly protests in early January that drew thousands of people onto the streets, posing the biggest threat in decades to the central Asian country’s leadership.
A Russia-led military alliance sent troops to restore control of Almaty’s airport and help quell the violence, after dozens of protesters and security forces were killed in clashes.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev imposed a nationwide state of emergency, with phone and internet access cut temporarily across much of the country. On Jan. 7 he said he’d ordered security forces to shoot protesters “without warning” and declared victory with Russia’s help in crushing the unrest.
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