RIA Novosti writes about it.
As noted, the central square is covered with acrid smoke.
According to the agency, about a thousand people gathered in the square.
Earlier, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin instructed to create a government commission to resolve the situation in the Mangistau region of the republic, where there are protests over the rise in prices for liquefied gas.
Later, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, called on the rally participants to dialogue.