State of Emergency, curfew to end in Almaty on January 19 - Commandant's Office

Almaty [Kazakhstan], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The state of emergency and curfew in Almaty, Kazakhstan, will end on January 19 as scheduled, but a high-level terrorism threat will remain in place for an indefinite period, the city commandant's office said on Tuesday.

In early January, people in Kazakhstan took to the streets to protest a twofold increase in fuel prices. Peaceful demonstrations swiftly turned into violent