Damage to business from unrest exceeds US$212 million

Over 92 billion tenge (US$212 million). The National Chamber of Entrepreneurs estimated the total amount of damage caused to business during mass riots and looting. And this is only preliminary data. According to representatives of Atameken, in 10 regions of the country, more than a thousand affected business entities were identified. These are mainly entrepreneurs from Almaty. Businessmen continue to address to the chamber, they report on the facts of attacks on banks, restaurants, shops. In total, the call-center received over 2,300 calls.

Translation and editing by Saule Mukhamejanova