Open shops are more of an exception and people are starting to worry about getting stocks.
ALMATY. Burned cars and houses, pools of blood on the ground. After several days of unrest, the people of Almaty, the economic capital of Kazakhstan, were not allowed to take to the streets in small groups and saw scenes that they considered unimaginable, the AFP agency writes.
The state’s largest city has been transformed into a battlefield, with construction machinery leveling concrete blocks to set up checkpoints in areas where the demonstrators and police are fighting hardest, AFP reporters say.
Suddenly there is a shooting as security forces fire into the air to disperse strangers who have gathered at the checkpoint. They wanted to look and photograph the burned vehicle. “Divorce!” screaming cop.
“I’m just an ordinary city dweller. I wanted to see what was going on with my city,” said Gavit, 47, who preferred not to give his last name.
The largest Central Asian country with a population of 19 million, which has been ruled by an authoritarian regime for more than three decades, has long been associated with rich natural resources and stability.
Kazakhstan shut down the Internet, shook cryptocurrencies and silenced journalists Read
However, the peace was disrupted by Sunday protests in the regions against rising gas prices, which spread to major cities, including Almaty, where they escalated into violent unrest. In Almaty, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s clashes claimed dozens of lives, according to authorities.
The security forces against the rioters, who broke into the town hall and the presidential palace and set them on fire, used live ammunition. On Friday, the situation seemed relatively calm, but occasional shots were fired to show the continuing tension.
In the business district, where all the banks are now closed, the police stop and search the few cars that pass. Their drivers must wait with their hands behind their heads and can only stare nervously.
A little further on, volunteers with surgical drapes on their faces and armbands turned benches and metal barriers into an improvised checkpoint where they sorted vehicles. “Who are you? I hope you don’t want to rob. Where’s the police?” the driver who had just come to the patrol says with fear in his voice.
One of the volunteers told AFP that he had decided to come because of a call on social media. In it, the authorities called for help to protect the city from rioters, some of whom focus on supermarkets, hunting lodges and savings banks where they want to get weapons or loot.
“I want to help the city. The events of the last three or four days are terrible,” said bank employee Aziz Baltabayev. “It should teach the lesson to the people and the government,” he added.
A few minutes later, construction machines arrive and replace the benches at the checkpoint with concrete blocks.
Open shops are more of an exception and people are starting to worry about getting stocks. In the middle of the shops with broken shop windows, there are still a few open grocery stores, but the shelves are almost empty. Somewhere they don’t even have a basic meal like bread.
Residents flocked to a few gas stations, which reopened on Friday. Long lines were formed. Once again, a handful of restaurants were in operation.
before restaurant with fast food, the onlookers try to verify rumors of clashes between soldiers and demonstrators outside the city, or talk about what happened to someone who was unlucky. “I put the phone in the bank at the beginning of the week. But in the meantime, they stole the store. I don’t think I’ll ever see my phone again,” Almas says.
The former secret service chief was arrested
- Former counterintelligence chief Karim Masimov was arrested in Kazakhstan on suspicion of high treason. The AFP agency wrote about it, referring to Saturday’s announcement by the National Security Committee, headed by Masimov from 2016 until Wednesday this week. Masimov, a close associate of the first president of independent Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, was also prime minister of Kazakhstan in 2007-2012 and 2014-2016. He was removed from the post of head of the domestic secret services during turbulent events when protesters protesting against the regime stormed government buildings in Kazakhstan’s largest city this week.
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