Gunfire in largest Kazakh city as Russia-led troops arrive
The Hindu
Long seen as one the most stable of the ex-Soviet republics of Central Asia, energy-rich Kazakhstan is facing its biggest crisis in decades.
Bursts of gunfire echoed through the streets of Kazakhstan's largest city on January 6 as Moscow-led troops arrived to help quell mass unrest that left dozens dead and hundreds detained.
Fighting appeared to be continuing a day after protesters stormed several government buildings, with an AFP correspondent hearing regular eruptions of gunfire from the direction of a central square.
Burnt-out vehicles littered Almaty's streets, several government buildings were in ruins and bullet casings were strewn over the territory of the presidential residence, which was stormed and looted by protesters on January 5.
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