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FILE - An armed riot police officer detains two protesters during a security anti-terrorists operation in a street after clashes in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. The government, by then led by Nazarbayev's close ally Tokayev, responded with a deadly clampdown, culminating in a "shoot-to-kill" order as the president blamed "terrorists" allegedly funded and trained from abroad. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov, File)