According to security officials, Karim Massimov was detained by Kazakhstani authorities on Saturday. He is suspected of being a traitor.

According to the National Security Committee, Massimov, who was dismissed this week amid protests in Central Asian countries, was taken into custody along with several others. They were not named or provided further information.

Reuters could not immediately contact Massimov.

Dozens of people died, and all public buildings throughout Kazakhstan were set on fire and ransacked. worst violence experienced by the former Soviet republicAfter 30 Years of Independence.

Security forces seemed to have taken back the main streets of Kazakhstan after several days of violence by Friday, Kassym Jomart Tokayev (Russian-backed President) said that he had given orders to his troops. shoot to kill to put down a countrywide uprising.

A Russia-led, Russia-led alliance of military personnel was formed at a moment when tensions are high in East-West relations. Russia and America are preparing for negotiations next week regarding the Ukraine crisis.

Massimov has been widely considered to be a friend of the former president Nursultan Nazabayev. He was twice the prime minister of Kazakhstan and also headed the Presidential Administration under Nazarbayev.

Nazarbayev, aged 81, is the longest-serving leader of an ex Soviet state. He handed the presidency over to Tokayev on January 2019. It is believed that his family retained some influence over Nur-Sultan (the capital built for him), which was widely reported.