Kazakhstan is flooded with protests against rising fuel prices, police use grenades – World

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President Kasim-Jomart Tokayev addressed the dissidents, offering them a dialogue, urging them to be prudent, not to succumb to provocations “inside and out” and assured that “power will not fall”. “Do not follow the calls of destructive people interested in undermining the stability and unity of our society,” Tokayev said.

The Ministry of Energy explained that the consumption of proban-butane is growing every year, but not the volume of its production.

There have also been reports of protests from Aktau, Atyrau, Taraze, Aktobe, Karaganda, Uralsk and Zhanaozen, an oil refining center that has sparked discontent. In many places, protesters are insulting government officials trying to talk to them. In Aktau, journalists noted that the “initiative group” that came in to talk to the authorities actually consisted of several deputies and representatives of state media.

Reports of casualties and detainees, including the leader of an unregistered party, are conflicting.

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