Indian travel content creator Komal Maheswari was visiting Kazakhstan when she was scammed by a local taxi driver. She claimed that the taxi driver told her that the ride would cost 1,000 Tenge ; however, he ended up charging her an exuberant 77,000 Tenge. The woman shared how the taxi driver in Kazakhstan tried to scam her. Watch the full …
Protests that began over fuel prices rage in the Central Asian nation as the death toll increases. Kazakhstan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has ordered security forces to “open fire with lethal force” against protesters who he describes as “terrorists”. Timeline of protests Fuel prices The price of liquified petroleum gas doubled in price on January 1 in Zhanaozen – one litre …
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Moves come after protests triggered by a rise in fuel prices spread to Kazakhstan’s biggest city, Almaty. Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has sacked his cabinet and imposed states of emergency in the country’s largest city and an oil-rich western region following mass protests triggered by a rise in fuel prices. Tokayev said on Wednesday morning that he had accepted the …
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