* Officials have said over 1,000 people have been wounded so far, with no official fatality tally being released
* Russian media said Thursday 18 security officers had been killed, with three reportedly being beheaded
* Gunfire continued Thursday evening, with witnesses saying downtown Almaty had turned into a 'war zone'
* Late Wednesday, protesters down a statue of Nursultan Nazarbayev - the self-styled 'Father of the Nation'
* Nazarbayev is said to have fled to Russia or China, with Russia sending in troops to help quell the protests
* Corpses in a mortuary in Almaty on Thursday indicated the scale of the carnage in the escalating unrest
* Horrific footage taken from the morgue showed rows of corpses covered in white sheets or black bin bags
Armed forces in Kazakhstan gunned down more demonstrators today as the streets of Almaty were turned into a 'war zone', with protesters being accused of beheading three police officers.
Burnt-out vehicles littered the city's streets, several government buildings were in ruins and bullet casings were strewn over the territory of the presidential residence, which was stormed and looted by protesters yesterday.
Meanwhile, troops from a Moscow-led military alliance arrived as 'peacekeepers' help quell mounting unrest after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev - an ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin - appealed overnight to the Russia-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), which includes five other ex-Soviet states.
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WNU Editor: This is too little too late .... Kazakhstan unrest: Government restores fuel price cap after bloodshed (BBC). More here .... Kazakh government introduces temporary state control of fuel prices, utility rates (TASS).
Dozens Of Protesters And Security Officers Killed In Kazakhstan -- News Updates January 6, 2021
Dozens of protesters, 12 police dead in Kazakhstan protests -- AP
Deadly clashes rock Kazakhstan's largest city as crisis escalates -- France 24
Fresh violence in Kazakhstan after Russia sends troops to put down uprising -- Reuters
Kazakhstan unrest: Machine gun fire heard as street battles rage -- BBC
Dozens of protesters and police dead amid Kazakhstan unrest -- The Guardian
Gunfire, street fights erupt in Kazakhstan’s metropolis -- RT
Kazakhstan: Deadly clashes in Almaty protests -- DW
Kazakhstan officer beheaded, protesters killed as government offices are targeted amid unrest -- ABC News Australia
Kazakh authorities reveal police death toll, as UN calls to ‘refrain from violence’ -- RT
Mayhem in Kazakhstan: Police Officers Beheaded, Stores Looted, Hospitals Surrounded - PHOTO, VIDEO -- Sputnik
Kazakhstan: What's behind the unrest? -- DW
Kazakhstan unrest: Why have there been riots and deaths? -- BBC
Poverty, inequality and corruption: why Kazakhstan’s former leader is no longer untouchable -- The Guardian
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This is too little too late .... Kazakhstan unrest: Government restores fuel price cap after bloodshed (BBC). More here .... Kazakh government introduces temporary state control of fuel prices, utility rates (TASS).
Sure WNU. Whatever. Not even you are that naive. You are too well read. Ecuador, Venezuela, Iran and others have stopped fuel subsidies because they could not maintain them given the level of taxes collected and other government (necessary or unnecessary) obligations.
Kazakhstan simply does not have the money. Maybe it has a little more through reprogramming of funds. Putin is swooping in and it is Putin's government making up the difference to reinstate the caps. Putin looks like the savior and he is happy with it.
Putin is hoping to reincorporate Kazakhstan. He is in no hurry.
Go Stanis, go!
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