Kazakhstan unrest: Former Soviet republic faces biggest crisis in decades • FRANCE 24 英语

The new year began in #Kazakhstan with the government lifting its price cap on fuel, virtually doubling the cost for people to fill up their cars. Protests spread across the nation of 19 million inhabitants and soon transformed into violent #unrest and a bloody #crackdown. 超过 100 people were killed and thousands were arrested. At the request of Kazakhstan’s president, Russia sent paratroopers to help “stabilise” the country. We take a closer look at the former Soviet republic.

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