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The toll of the gas revolt in Kazakhstan is becoming more and more dramatic. With the repression also linked to the sending of troops from Moscow. Palaces of power stormed by demonstrators. And hard punch from the president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Who addressed Putin directly. The country’s authorities have announced the start of a “counter-terrorism operation against looters and rioters conducted jointly by security forces and the army”. And they speak of “dozens of rioters eliminated”