The Russian Embassy in Kazakhstan sent a request to the country’s law enforcement agencies regarding the death of Russian citizen Maria Kim during the protests. This is stated in message embassies on VKontakte.
The diplomatic mission stated that the circumstances of the tragedy should be thoroughly and comprehensively investigated.
The Consulate General of Russia in Alma-Ata received information that in the city of Taraz (Zhambyl region) in the south of Kazakhstan, during the pogroms on January 6, a Russian citizen, the mother of three children M.V., died at the hands of bandits. Kim, born in 1995. The crime was committed at the moment when M.V. Kim left her place of work
Embassy of Russia in Kazakhstan
In its statement, it also expressed the hope that the identity of the killers would be established, and they themselves would be brought to justice and punished to the fullest extent of the law. The Embassy expressed condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
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The Consulate General contacted the mother of the deceased and appealed to the leadership of the Zhambyl region with a request to take control of the situation. Diplomats are also working on the issue of providing material assistance to the Kim family.
Russian woman stabbed to death and shot in the head
The details of the death of a woman were given by the Mash Telegram channel. According to the channel, 26-year-old Russian woman Maria Kim worked as an administrator of a coffee shop in Kazakhstan’s Taraz (Zhambyl region). Employees of the institution asked the owner to send a car for them, but he refused. When Kim was closing the coffee shop, unknown people approached her and stabbed her seven times, after which they shot her in the head. It is clarified that the attackers wanted to rob the institution.
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“RT in Russian” informsthat the deceased had three children. As a relative of her husband told RT, her daughter is eight years old, the middle child (boy) is seven, and the youngest is four years old. Maria moved to Kazakhstan from Yekaterinburg and worked in a cafe. A relative of her husband described her as a kind and sympathetic girl. Also, the deceased was described by her friend Amina Murzkaeva, with whom Lenta.ru spoke. Another friend of Maria, Lilia Smolyanova, said that the woman visited the local German youth club Juwel, sometimes held various events and circles for children.
The authorities of Kazakhstan are interested in a quick search for the perpetrators
Experts interviewed by Lenta.ru agreed on this. Sociologist and political strategist Pyotr Miloserdov believes that the authorities of Kazakhstan will try to quickly identify the perpetrators – real or imaginary – and punish them. At the same time, the expert is sure that Russia will not put pressure on Kazakhstan in the matter of conducting an investigation.
The investigation will be carried out on the basis of the motive “not to complicate relations with Moscow”
Peter Miloserdovsociologist and political strategist
The head of the Eurasian Analytical Club, Nikita Mendkovich, agrees with Miloserdov. He also urged the authorities of Kazakhstan to draw “big and serious” conclusions from what happened in matters of their foreign and domestic policy. Mendkovic also stressed that violence against civilians often took place during protests. As an example, he cited many who died during cases of looting, violence against law enforcement officers, passers-by killed by ricochets and stray bullets during shootouts between protesters and the army.
Unfortunately, this is part of a tragic stage in the history of modern Kazakhstan.
Nikita MendkovichHead of the Eurasian Analytical Club
However, Mendkovich is confident that Russia will insist on the most honest and objective investigation of this case and will have an impact on Kazakh law enforcement officers.
More than 160 people died during the riots.
On January 9, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan reported that 164 people had died in the country during the riots, including 103 in Almaty. In the Kyzylorda region, 21 people died, in Zhambyl – ten people, in Almaty – eight. On January 8, the death of a 22-year-old Israeli citizen during the protests was also reported. Levan Kogeashvili, who came to his parents for the New Year holidays, was killed in Alma-Ata. The agency notes that these data are not final.
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In early January, mass protests broke out in Kazakhstan due to an increase in the price of liquefied gas, which turned into riots. The protesters put forward political demands, including the withdrawal from politics of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The most significant clashes with the security forces took place in Alma-Ata. In different regions, rioters seized and set fire to several government buildings.
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