The amount of damage from the unrest in Kazakhstan rose to nearly $203 million by Saturday morning, January 8
As late as Friday evening, the amount of damage from the riots in the republic was about $200 million – there were 848 affected businesses and 1,021 facilities in ten regions of the country, including 789 businesses and 950 facilities in Almaty.
“As of 9 a.m. on January 8, the total amount of damage was more than 88.1 billion tenge”, – local authorities said.
Earlier, the president of Kazakhstan gave urgent instructions to the country’s government.