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The 2022 Kazakh unrest, [a] also known as January Events, [b] [15] [16] [17] Bloody January, [c] [18] [19] or the January Tragedy, [d] [20] [21] was a series of mass protests and civil unrest that began in Kazakhstan on 2 January 2022 after a sudden sharp increase in liquefied petroleum gas prices following the lifting of a government-enforced price cap on 1 January.
Kazakhstan is currently the 79th largest goods trading partner of the U.S. with $2.1 billion in total (two way) goods trade during 2018. U.S. goods exports to Kazakhstan in 2018 were $729 million, up 32.1% ($177 million) from 2017. Kazakhstan was the United States' 72nd largest supplier of goods imports in 2018.
China's President Xi Jinping met Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Tuesday, and said that a "stable and vibrant" relationship was conducive to the development of both countries.
As of December 1, 2019, the total number of announced common shares of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange Inc. makes up 5,000,000 units, 974,373 shares are placed, the number of shares repurchased by the Exchange is 13,329. 49.1% of the total number of outstanding shares is held by the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with ...
In the 1870s–80s, schools in Kazakhstan massively started to open, which developed elite, future Kazakh members of the Alash party. In 1916, after conscription of Muslims into the military for service in the Eastern Front during World War I , Kazakhs and Kyrgyzs rose up against the Russian government, with uprisings until February 1917.
The National plan "100 concrete steps" introduced by President Nazarbayev included measures to reform the court system of Kazakhstan, including the introduction of mandatory jury trials for certain categories of crimes (Step 21) [163] and the creation of local police service (Step 30). [164]
On June 3, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Rosenblum to be the next United States ambassador to Kazakhstan. [8] On July 27, 2022, hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His nomination was favorably reported by the committee on August 4, 2022.