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Protesters gathered outside Ulaanbaatar's government palace on 4 December and demanded the names of officials who are said to have embezzled 44 trillion ($12.8 billion) in Mongolian tögrög (MNT) state coal export revenues over the past two years. Several protesters held national flags and placards "Stop robbing the people", and "Stop eating ...
The 2021 Mongolian protests were mass demonstrations and a nationwide strike that led to the fall of the prime minister Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh. Thousands protested on the streets between 20 and 22 January 2021 against the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia .
A four-day state of emergency, the first in Mongolia's history [7] was declared at by the Mongolian President, effective 11:30 p.m. on 1 July. [6] The state of emergency placed and a ban on the sale of alcohol, authorized police to use force to stop the protesters, and prevented television broadcasts outside of those made by state-run stations.
In February, the daily protests turned violent, but the danger soon diminished. [2] The unrest was witnessed by hundreds of thousands of others in Ulaanbaatar. The democratic reforms movement was dwindling while the 2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis was taking place. In April and May 2019, a series of votes was held for a new speaker in ...
The interview suggested that the Soviet Union might sell Mongolia to China in order to raise money. [10] [20] On 2 January 1990, Mongolian Democratic Union began distributing leaflets calling for a democratic revolution. [21] On 14 January 1990, the protesters, having grown from three hundred to few thousands, met on square in front of Lenin ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. is seeking to forfeit two New York City apartments bought by a former Mongolian prime minister with stolen mining funds, prosecutors said on Tuesday, as U.S. officials ...
The Mongolian People's Republic [e] (MPR) was a socialist state that existed from 1924 to 1992, located in the historical region of Outer Mongolia.Its independence was officially recognized by the Nationalist government of China in 1946.
The United States is concerned about reports of intimidation and political violence during protests in Bangladesh over the weekend against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, State Department ...