The approximate damage caused to business in Kazakhstan as a result of the January riots exceeded 93.7 billion tenge (more than $ 213 million). These are the data of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs as of 06:00 Moscow time on January 10.

It is specified that this is the total amount of damage. In Alma-Ata, the damage exceeded 92.2 billion tenge (over $ 209 million), writes TASS, referring to the press service of the department. According to the National Chamber of Commerce, such sectors as trade, public catering, financial sector and logistics were affected.

Recall that on January 2, protest actions began in a number of settlements of Kazakhstan, which in a few days escalated into riots. There are dead and wounded. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev declared January 10 a day of national mourning. He also sought help from the Collective Security Treaty Organization. The peacekeepers have already begun to perform their tasks in Kazakhstan.

On Monday, Kazakhstan's State Secretary of Kazakhstan, Yerlan Karin, said the country was facing a hybrid terrorist attack, the ultimate goal of which was general destabilization and possibly a coup.

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