From stability to turmoil - what's going on in Kazakhstan
As Russian paratroopers arrived in Kazakhstan, an oil-rich state long viewed as a bastion of stability in volatile Central Asia, police in Almaty said they had killed dozens of rioters.
Troops are seen at the main square where hundreds of people were protesting against the government, after authorities' decision to lift price caps on liquefied petroleum gas, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 6, 2022.(photo credit: REUTERS/MARIYA GORDEYEVA/FILE PHOTO)ByREUTERS
