Kazakhstan's president said in a televised speech that he ordered security forces to 'shoot to kill without warning' in an attempt to suppress an unexpected uprising.
Friday that he ordered security forces to "shoot to kill without warning" in an attempt to forcibly suppress an unexpected uprising, adding that those who failed to surrender "need to be destroyed.""Dozens" of protesters have been killed and around 4,000 arrested, according to the government. At least 18 security forces have also been killed.
Kazakhstan, a major oil producer that shares long borders with both Russia and China, had been remarkably stable for decades. But within just a few days, a small-scale protest in a remote region evolved into an apparent national revolt, with protesters storming government buildings and briefly seizing an international airport.over the weekend in western Kazakhstan after the government lifted a cap on fuel prices.
Russian troops boarding a military aircraft in Moscow on their way to Kazakhstan. Photo: Russian Defense Ministry Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesKazakhstan is effectively a one-party state that has been dominated since independence from the Soviet Union by Nursultan Nazarbayev and his family and close associates.
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