When journalist Yevgeniya Baltatarova arrived in Kazakhstan in March 2022, she had no plans to stay in the country long-term. Just days before, the Federal Security Service (FSB) raided her apartment in Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Siberian republic of Buryatia.
Around 150 people gathered at a rally organized by a range of feminist activists in Almaty on February 5. They demanded the right to hold a rally on March 8.