NUR-SULTAN 9 Jan – RIA Novosti. Residents of the capital of Kazakhstan are asked not to go outside and monitor children, the head of the Nur-Sultan police Department Yerzhan Sadenov said in a statement. “Residents of Nur-Sultan are asked to stay at home and keep an eye on the children. The capital is under full control, but operational work is being carried out, the commandant of the city said. The police walk around the apartments and courtyards. Doubtful persons are asked to report to the police,” the message says. It is noted that the curfew in Nur-Sultan is valid from 23.00 to 7.00. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022 – residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a twofold increase in prices for liquefied gas. Later, the protests spread to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital
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The actor of the TV series “Interns”, who is in Kazakhstan, has stopped contacting
According to him, the actor arrived in Kazakhstan before the New Year, and recently, together with a group of tourists, he went to conquer Talgar Peak. Then on January 3, Glinnikov, who was in the mountains, contacted his mother for the last time, saying that the tour group had enough food. The next day, the connection was lost. The woman appealed to the Russian Foreign Ministry. On Sunday, January 2, protests began in Kazakhstan due to the increase in gas prices for cars from 60 to 120 tenge, after which they turned into riots with demands for the departure of the first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev from politics, new elections and the dissolution of parliament. Even more interesting things about people
Nazarbayev voluntarily handed over the post of Chairman of the Security Council to Tokayev
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Blinken promised Borrell a serious response to Russia's aggression against Ukraine
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the cancellation of obligations to mark marriage and children in the passport
“In the context of the digital transformation of public administration, when basic information about citizens is accumulated in the information systems of authorities and provided to interested departments upon request, there is no need for mandatory marking in the passport of marriage registration and children,” the agency interlocutor said.
Day in History: January 9th
The Iasi Peace Treaty On January 9, 1792, the signing of the Iasi Peace Treaty officially ended the Russian-Turkish War of 1787-1791. The agreement signed in the city of Iasi (now the territory of Romania) secured for Russia is the entire Northern Black Sea region, including Crimea. The lands between the Southern Bug and The Dniester River, along which a new border was established. In the Caucasus, the border along the Kuban River was restored, and the Ottoman Empire refused to claim Georgia. Income tax introduced for the first time The personal income tax was first introduced in the UK in 1799. The author of the idea was British Prime Minister William Pitt Jr. He proposed to charge 2 shillings for each pound of profit in favor of the state. The country was in dire need of additional funds during the Napoleonic Wars. The tax was abolished in 1816, but in 1842
Russia advised the United States to “somehow cheer up itself”
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The United States has nothing to do with the events in Kazakhstan, the White House said
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A hybrid of Delta and Omicron was discovered in Cyprus
“We found a significant number of mutations that were identified only in omicron — it differs from other strains in that its genome has 30 different mutations. Of these, ten were identified in the mentioned samples,” the scientist explained. Of the 25 people who had deltacron installed, 11 were hospitalized. According to him, it is too early to talk about the contagiousness of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2, but suggested that it does not cause concern and it should be replaced by omicron. A new type of coronavirus – B.1.1.529 – first discovered in South African countries in November. The World Health Organization declared it of concern and assigned the name “omicron”. According to WHO, this strain has already been detected in more than 100 countries. The Director General of the organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in December stated that omicron is spreading faster than its predecessors and infects vaccinated and
Putin outplayed the West with a crushing score, ex-NATO spokesman said
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