January 5 – With the protests widening and encompassing variety of causes, a
state of emergency is declared and the government resigns.[1][2]Älihan Smaiylov appointed acting prime minister.
January 6 – Russian troops were brought in to suppress the unrest.[3] President Tokayev announced the restoration of vehicle fuel price caps for six months.[4]
March 6 –
Kazakhstan will allow anti-war protests in the country amidst fears that the country could be sanctioned. Protesters gather in
Almaty to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.[9]
March 11 –
Air Astana suspends all flights to and from
Russia, citing the "withdrawal of insurance coverage for commercial flights".[10]
March 16 –
President of KazakhstanKassym-Jomart Tokayev proposes a series of reforms to the
national parliament, including re-establishing the Constitutional Court, reducing the membership requirement for establishing
political parties from 20,000 to 5,000, reducing the number of parliament deputies appointed by the president, and restoring three
regions that were merged during the 1990s. He says that the purpose of these reforms is to move the current political system from "superpresidential" rule to a presidential republic with a strong parliament.[11]
March 28 –
Kazakhstan says that it does not want to be behind a "new
iron curtain", and that international companies
boycotting Russia are welcome to "move production to Kazakhstan".[12]
April 14 –
Kazakhstan announced it would introduce quotas for wheat and flour exports. Russia will maintain its export ban on wheat,
rye,
barley and
maize until 30 June in order to stabilise its domestic market.[14]
July 11 – A
Russian court lifts the suspension for the
CPC pipeline and instead fines its operators 200,000 rubles ($3,300) for
oil spills. The
oil pipeline, one of the world's largest, is the route for nearly all of
Kazakhstan's oil exports, which represents about 1% of
global oil supply.[17]
August 1 – A post made by the
VK social media account of
Dmitry Medvedev, the incumbent Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia and former President of Russia, refers to
Georgia and
Kazakhstan as "artificial" creations and advocates the return of the two countries to Russian sovereignty. The post is quickly taken down and attributed to hackers.[18]
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