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Look: Protesters try to tear down a monument to Nazarbayev in Kazakhstan

A number of protesters tried to tear down a monument to former Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev in the city of Taldykorgan, the administrative center of the Alma-Ata region, according to Sputnik Kazakhstan.

Residents of the cities of Janausin and Aktau in the Mangistau region, an oil-producing region in western Kazakhstan, protested against the double increase in the price of liquefied petroleum gas.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Wednesday that he called for a Russian-led security blockade to help his country overcome what he described as a “terrorist threat”.

Tokayev gave a second televised speech in a few hours, while the republic of Central Asia faces the worst turmoil in more than a decade.
held, was initially caused by high fuel prices.

He said he called on the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a military alliance that includes Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, to help his country in its turmoil.

On Wednesday, Kazakhstan declared a state of emergency in throughout its territory, after demonstrations broke out after the price of gas rose and transformed in riots, according to i media Russians.

The agencies “Interfax”, “TASS” and “Ria Novosti” reported that Kazakhstan declared a state of emergency, citing a statement reported on Kazakh television.

A state of emergency had previously been declared locally in the areas that saw the demonstrations, Almaty, the country’s economic capital, Mangistau province and the capital, Nur-Sultan, citing AFP.

For its part, the White House on Wednesday urged calm and restraint, commenting on the protests in Kazakhstan, where protesters stormed and set fire to public buildings in the worst riots in the republic of Central Asia in more than a decade.

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