Daily Memo: Kazakh Unrest Escalates

The country's president is cracking down on anti-government protests.

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Kazakhstan under fire. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said he ordered police and the army to open fire on protesters without warning amid continuing anti-government unrest. Tokayev also said about 20,000 “bandits” had carried out coordinated attacks in Almaty. Troops from the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states, including Russia, are arriving in the country for […]

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