Kazakhstan's president dismissed his government and declared a state of emergency on Wednesday in response to protests over rising gas prices.
It comes after days of demonstrations that began in cities in the west and then spread through the sprawling Central Asian country.
The government had initially tried to calm protesters by conceding a reduction in the price of liquefied natural gas (LNG), setting it at 50 tenge (€0.1) per litre, compared with 120 at the start of the year — a significant
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