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- The collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO are deployed in Kazakhstan.
- First protests broke out in the western region of Kazakhstan on January 2.
- The town of Taldikorgan is reportedly under rioters’ control.
- Military forces entered in Almaty to contain armed rioters. According to the official data on January 6, hundreds of people were injured, including 353 law enforcement officers. At least 12 officers of security forces were killed.
- Two soldiers were killed in an anti-terrorist operation in the Almaty airport on January 5.
- On January 5, President Tokayev dismissed the government and took up the post of the head of the National Security Council of Kazakhstan, removing Nursultan Nazarbayev.
