MOSCOW, January 7/ Sputnik Radio. Some groups of protesters acted professionally, snipers were among them, First Deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan Dauren Abayev said.
He noted that these people acted professionally and tried several times to go live on central television.
In addition, Abayev added, snipers with special rifles were operating among the protesters.
Protest actions in Kazakhstan began on January 2. Initially, residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau came out to rallies against a twofold increase in prices for liquefied gas.
However, soon clashes with the police and attempts to seize authorities began to occur in other cities of the republic.
On the fourth of January, the authorities ordered to introduce state regulation of prices for liquefied gas and gasoline for six months and returned prices to the previous level, but the protesters did not calm down, and by the evening looters became more active.
On January 5, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dissolved the government and announced that he was becoming the head of the Security Council instead of the first president of the republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
A state of emergency has been imposed on the entire territory of the republic.
The Kazakh authorities have asked for help from other CSTO members to neutralize the "terrorist threat".
The Organization has sent a collective peacekeeping force to the Republic. They will stay in the country for a limited period of time and help the Kazakh security forces in stabilizing the situation.
Earlier, Sputnik radio reported on an attempt to seize the building of the Academy of the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the country in Alma-Ata.
