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Jeffrey Hallock
PhD candidate at American University's School of International Service
American University's School of International Service
Jeffrey Hallock is a PhD candidate at American University's School of International Service
January 12, 2023
What was to become a year of cost of living protests around the world in 2022 started early – on New Year’s Day. Citizens in Kazakhstan’s Mangystau region gathered at fuel pumps to protest an overnight price doubling of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) on January 1.
Protests spread to more than 45 Kazakh cities by January 7, triggering a spiraling security crisis that resulted in more than 200 deaths among protestors and state forces.