Летовите во Казахстан откажани откако демонстрантите го зазедоа меѓународниот аеродром во Алмати

Летовите во Казахстан откажани откако демонстрантите го зазедоа меѓународниот аеродром во Алмати
Летовите во Казахстан откажани откако демонстрантите го зазедоа меѓународниот аеродром во Алмати
Аватар на Хари Џонсон
Напишано од Хари sonонсон

Earlier, there had been reports that the Kazakh Army was protecting the airport’s perimeter, and footage of an alleged military cordon has been shared online.

According to the latest reports from Kazakhstan, anti-government protesters today seized the control of Kazakstan’s busiest air hub – Меѓународниот аеродром Алмати, amid mass protests, initially triggered by a gas price hike, that eventually grew into a countrywide anti-government uprising.

While no visual evidence was immediately available from the airport due to a mass internet blackout said to be happening in Kazakhstan, local Telegram news channel Orda cited the Аеродром во Алмати’s press service as confirming they were no longer in control of the location.

It claimed the media team had confirmed the seizure of the building by some “45 invaders.” but that there were no passengers in the terminal at the time.

Earlier, there had been reports that the Kazakh Army was protecting the Меѓународниот аеродром Алмати’s perimeter, and footage of an alleged military cordon has been shared online. However, Orda sources reported that the military has since left the scene, and that the airport’s employees evacuated all remaining passengers. Staff are also said to have been evacuated to safety.

Russian national carrier Аерофлот, Belarusian carrier Белавија, and several other airlines from the post-Soviet countries cancelled flights to Almaty on Wednesday.

Online radar applications are showing that airlines travelling to Almaty are now being diverted away, with a Rossiya plane from Moscow changing course into Uzbekistan’s airspace and an Air Astana flight from Turkey rerouting away from the Kazakh city. 

The apparent situation at the airport comes after demonstrators stormed the former presidential residence in Almaty before a fire started at the building. In response, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who is in the capital city of Nur-Sultan, vowed a strong response to popular uprising on the country’s streets.

“As the head of state and from now on as the chief of the Security Council, I intend to act as tough as possible,” Tokayev declared.

The protests began due to a rapid rise in liquefied gas prices, after the government removed price caps. In Kazakhstan, liquefied gas is a popular choice of motor fuel, and remote regions without central gasification heavily rely on it.

Досега, немирите доведоа до оставка на кабинетот на земјата и ветување на владата да ги врати ограничувањата на цената на горивото за шест месеци.

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Хари Johnsonонсон беше уредник на задачите за eTurboNews повеќе од 20 години. Тој живее во Хонолулу, Хаваи, а по потекло е од Европа. Ужива да пишува и покрива вести.

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