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Kazakhstan Says 164 Killed in Week of Protests

MOSCOW—Kazakhstan’s health ministry said Sunday that 164 people have been killed in protests that have rocked the country over the past week. The figures reported on the state news channel Khabar-24 are a significant rise from previous tallies. It is not clear if the deaths refer only to civilians or if law-enforcement deaths are included.…
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Kazakhstan Protests Have Russia Sending Troops as Dozens Killed in Unrest

MOSCOW—Russia sent paratroopers to help Kazakhstan’s leader stamp out a wave of protests as, further west, Russian President Vladimir Putin confronts the U.S. and its allies over the future of another former Soviet republic, Ukraine. Dozens of people were killed in clashes between protesters and Kazakhstan’s security forces in the early hours of Thursday, including…
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Kazakhstan Teaches Bitcoin Miners a Lesson as Chaos Affects BTC Hashrate thumbnail

Kazakhstan Teaches Bitcoin Miners a Lesson as Chaos Affects BTC Hashrate

Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/NBC NewsKazakhstan has been plunged into a political and social maelstrom that could rock the world of Bitcoin (BTC) – as unrest over escalating fuel prices saw Kazakhtelecom, the national communications provider, pulled the plug on much of the country’s internet, reminding Bitcoin miners to secure alternative ways to access the…
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Kazakhstan declares state of emergency amid violent fuel protests

/ Asia / Pacific Issued on: 05/01/2022 - 06:12 Kazakh law enforcement officers gather during a protest against fuel prices in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on January 5, 2022. © Pavel Mikheyev, Reuters Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government's resignation on Wednesday and declared a state of emergency in the capital and other parts of the…
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