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Kazakhstan's Tokayev Vows to Crush Resistance in Crackdown
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January 7, 2022
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President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared that order had largely been restored in Kazakhstan but vowed to push ahead with a deadly crackdown after Russian troops helped suppress mass protests that had swept the country.
Kazakhstan is dealing with an attack by local and foreign “bandits and terrorists” and security forces have been authorized to fire without warning, Tokayev said in a televised address Friday.
“The anti-terrorist operation is continuing,” he said. “Those who don’t surrender will be destroyed.”
Almaty alone was attacked by 20,000 fighters, he said, criticizing his government for “sleeping through” the preparations of “terrorist groups.”
Russia and its allies dispatched more troops to help quell the demonstrations and retake the airport in Almaty, with 75 planes used by the government in Moscow to deploy units, according to the Defense Ministry.
In regions where the security situation has stabilized, authorities restored internet access for limited periods, he said, threatening to cut if off again if unrest flares.
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