Baikonur, Kazakhstan
(Photo: Maxim Blinov / RIA Novosti)
The situation in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, where the cosmodrome of the same name is located, is calm, law enforcement agencies are working normally, the press service of Roscosmos reported. TASS…
The general director of the state corporation regularly receives reports on the situation around Baikonur amid mass protests in Kazakhstan from the head of the administration, Konstantin Busygin, Roscosmos reported.
A source TASS at Baikonur he said that they were not going to increase the security of the cosmodrome.
The Foreign Ministry said that there is no data on the Russians injured in Kazakhstan
On January 2, protests began in Kazakhstan against the doubling of prices for liquefied gas. Despite promises to reduce the price from 120 tenge (20 rubles) per liter to 50 tenge (8.67 rubles), people continued to take to the streets. Active protests are taking place in Alma-Ata, Nur-Sultan, Aktobe, Semey, Aktau and others. Demonstrators seize akimats (city administrations) and set fire to government buildings.
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