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Kazakhstan protests: government resigns amid rare outbreak of unrest

• silent_cal 5y ago
  Whenever I see that there are protests "because of rising gas prices", I'm pretty sure I'm being gaslighted. https://astanatimes.com/2021/12/kazakhstan-considers-tightening-restrictions-as-omicron-variant-spreads-globally/ https://astanatimes.com/2021/12/kazakhstan-considers-tighten...
  • rasz 5y ago
    Nah >The idea was to gradually end the subsidizing of prices for domestic fuel consumers and to allow the market to dictate prices instead. LPG price jumped x2 overnight, from $0.14 to $0.28 per liter. Everyone drives LPG converted cars, because why wouldnt you in a top 30 country by natural gas extraction.
    • silent_cal 5y ago
      You really think people would do this over gas prices? https://apnews.com/article/business-kazakhstan-almaty-9da42330ca51c36fe9fd88f9ef35ff4e https://apnews.com/article/business-kazakhstan-almaty-9da423...
      • rasz 5y ago
        People did this https://www.google.com/search?q=Grudzie%C5%84+1970&source=lnms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=Grudzie%C5%84+1970&source=ln... over 20% bread price increase, it was the straw that broke camels back.