Maps and charts to understand Kazakhstan’s protests
Al JazeeraProtests 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 of LPG in the city was 50 tenge for most of 2021, but increased to 120 tenge earlier this week. On January 5, Tokayev invoked Article 4 of the CSTO Treaty, according to which if one member is subjected to aggression by an external force, it is considered an aggression against all member states. The general secretary of the CSTO, Stanislav Zas, told RIA news agency that the peacekeeping force being sent to Kazakhstan would number 2,500, though numbers could vary.
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