Workers are seen during restoration works near the mayor's office (akimat) burnt during mass protests triggered by fuel price increase in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Protests sparked by rising fuel prices, started in the towns of Zhanaozen and Aktau in western Kazakhstan on January 2 and spread rapidly across the country. On January 5, President Tokayev dismissed the government and declared a 2-week state of emergency in the Mangistau and Almaty regions, as well as in the cities of Almaty and Nur-Sultan.
- Package: Kazakhstan Protests Aftermath
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Social Issues
- Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 13.01.2022
- Date published: 13.01.2022
- Author: Vasily Krestyaninov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4960x3307px, 10.1Mb
- Job-ID: a5a0728bb87429da