Kazakhs With Crippling Personal Debt Wish President 'A Happy Birthday'
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In Kazakhstan's capital, Nur-Sultan, people from across the country were blocked by police as they marched toward the presidential palace to protest against rising interest rates and crippling personal debt. The May 17 demonstration came on Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev's 68th birthday. The demonstrators shouted out birthday wishes and requests for help.