2022 Kazakh unrest

2022 Kazakh unrest
2022 Kazakh unrest
Part of the Kazakh democracy movement
Date	2 January 2022 - 11 January 2022
Location	Kazakhstan, predominantly Mangystau Region
Caused by	Sudden sharp increase in gas prices; Corruption; Authoritarianism; Political repression; Human rights violations; Kleptocracy; Police brutality;
Goals	Decreasing of gas price;
Methods	Demonstrations; Online activism;
Parties to the civil conflict
Protesters	Government of Kazakhstan; Collective Security Treaty Organization
Lead figures
No centralized leadership	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev; Asqar Mamin; Älihan Smaiylov; Eraly Togjanov; Nursultan Nazarbayev
Units involved
Protesters	Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan; National Guard of Kazakhstan; Military Police; Police

Bloody January^[1] was a series of protests that began in Kazakhstan on 2 January 2022 after a sudden sharp increase in gas prices. The Kazakh government said this was because of high demand and price fixing. The protests began in the oil town of Zhanaozen and quickly spread to other cities.^[2]^[3]

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for a state of emergency from 5 to 19 January.

2022 Kazakh Unrest Media

Protesters setting up a yurt in Aktobe, 4 January 2022.
Ruling Nur Otan party office in Almaty after being vandalized by protesters
Burned building in Republic Square, Almaty
Armed militant patroller on the roof top of the Auezov District Department of Internal Affairs in Almaty, 8 January 2022
Kazakh forces in search of anti-government militants, 8 January 2022
Electronics store after being ravaged by looters in Almaty, 10 January 2022
Member states of the CSTO
Yerevan residents protesting against Armenian involvement in the CSTO intervention in Kazakhstan

References

↑ Kazakhstan Seeks Lessons From Its Bloody January (in en). VOA. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
↑ Lillis, Joanna. Kazakhstan: Gas price hike fuels Zhanaozen protests (in en). eurasianet.org (2022-01-03). Retrieved 2022-01-04.
↑ Sharp Energy Price Hike Triggers Protests In Kazakhstan (in en). RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (2022-01-03). Retrieved 2022-01-04.

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[1] Kazakhstan Seeks Lessons From Its Bloody January (in en). VOA. Retrieved 2022-04-03.

[2] Lillis, Joanna. Kazakhstan: Gas price hike fuels Zhanaozen protests (in en). eurasianet.org (2022-01-03). Retrieved 2022-01-04.

[3] Sharp Energy Price Hike Triggers Protests In Kazakhstan (in en). RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (2022-01-03). Retrieved 2022-01-04.

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