Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced a series of reforms and made an address

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev introduced a new prime minister, announced a number of reforms and addressed parliament.
The main thing from the address:

— Gasoline will be subjected to an additional excise tax;

— The country will undergo a complete restructuring of the national security services and armed forces;

— Control will be established over the transfer of funds out of the country;

— The responsibility for attacks on policemen and other officials will be increased. Salaries of security forces will be raised;

— A special development fund will be organized; major companies will have to pay annual fees to the fund.

— The country’s economic system is inefficient, the main beneficiaries are the oligarchs;

— A five-year moratorium is declared on raising the salaries of deputies and heads of local administrations;

— The National Security Committee could not see the subversive work of bandits and looters. In some towns, KNB officers abandoned their posts, leaving behind classified documents;

— Branches of Russia’s leading technical universities will open in the country;