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 ā€œbanditsā€ 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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