During a White House press conference on Wednesday, Psaki was aware that the United States supports calls for calm in Kazakhstan, following the outbreak of major unrest in the country on January 2.
She believes protesters should have the opportunity to express themselves peacefully.
Dozens killed: – Complete anarchy
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Psaki also addressed Russian allegations that the United States is behind the unrest, writes Reuters.
“There are some wild Russian allegations that the United States is behind this, so let me just take the opportunity to say that these are false accusations and clearly part of common Russian misinformation, which we have seen a lot of in recent years,” said Psaki. , according to The White House.
Both the White House in the United States and the United Nations have called on the authorities in the country to be reluctant to meet with protesters.
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However, the situation escalated on Thursday, when hundreds of protesters in a square in the country’s largest city Almaty, were met by security forces and armored vehicles.
In the operation, which the authorities refer to as anti-terrorism according to Interfax, dozens of protesters were killed. This is confirmed by a spokesperson for the authorities.
Authorities said in a statement that the protesters tried to storm administrative buildings, as well as the police station in the city.
“The dozens of attackers were eliminated, and they are being identified,” spokesman Saltanat Azirbek said. Tass.
BREAK OUT OF FIRE: Hundreds of protesters are said to have gathered in the square in front of the town hall in the center of Almaty on Thursday. According to Reuters, the town hall was set on fire. Photo: Pavel Mikheyev / Reuters / NTB
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Must have been beheaded
Thursday morning writes the news agency AP that there are also 12 policemen among those killed. One of them was found beheaded, writes AP. In addition, 353 police officers are said to have been injured.
The recent unrest, due to a large increase in fuel prices, has also led to more than 1000 protesters being injured, the country’s health ministry says.
A state of emergency has been declared in the country, and Kazakhstan has asked neighboring countries, including Russia, for help in dealing with the situation.
The collective security pact CSTO, which is a military alliance between, among others, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, said on Thursday that they are sending forces to Kazakhstan to calm the situation, writes the news agency Tass.
According to it Russian news agency Russian forces have already arrived in the country on Thursday morning and are on a mission.
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