ALMATY - Kazakhstan's president fired two more top security officials on Sunday (Jan 9) after the worst unrest in three decades of post-Soviet independence and authorities said the situation was stabilising, with Russian-led troops guarding key facilities. The sacked officials were deputies to former intelligence chief Karim Massimov, who was arrested on suspicion of treason after violent protests swept the.
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Kazakhstan's president fired two more top security officials following mass anti-government protests in the past week amid the worst unrest in three decades of post-Soviet independence.
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