Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov urged the Kazakh people not to destroy the state.

The 2018 Olympic champion in the team sprint, American skier Kikkan Randall, reacted to the victory of Russian Natalia Nepryaeva at the Tour de Ski.

The Internet has stopped working throughout Kazakhstan, according to the NetBlocks organization that analyzes the work of the global web.

Bundestag member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Jurgen Hardt said that there are serious disagreements in the German government over the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Moscow maintains contact with Russian missions abroad in Kazakhstan, while the situation remains calm, there are no casualties among the Russians, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Russia is ready to provide Kazakhstan with non-military assistance, Vladimir Dzhabarov, First Deputy Head of the International Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, said.

In the early days of 2022, residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the Mangistau region (an oil-producing region in western Kazakhstan) protested against a two-fold increase in prices for liquefied petroleum gas.

Protesters in Almaty set fire to the building of the prosecutor's office. The footage from the scene on Wednesday, January 5, was posted on social networks by eyewitnesses.

The meeting of the Russia-NATO Council will begin in Brussels on January 12 at 10:00 (12:00 Moscow time).

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell arrives in Ukraine.