Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government’s resignation Wednesday after increases in fuel prices led to clashes between protesters and police in central Asia’s largest energy producer. The unrest intensified Wednesday even after Tokayev declared a state of emergency in and around the country’s largest city, Almaty, and the oil-rich Mangystau region. The declaration allows him to impose a curfew, ban protests, and restrict internet access after a rare show of dissent in the tightly controlled nation. The protests quickly swelled to the biggest Tokayev has faced since he took over in 2019 as successor to the country’s first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. They were ignited by rapid increases in prices of liquefied petroleum gas, a popular motor fuel, before growing into a broader display of discontent in the authoritarian country, which has seen inflation soar and its wealth gap widen during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Any calls to attack civilian or military buildings are absolutely illegal,” Tokayev said in an address to the nation late Tuesday, while also promising to consider protesters’ demands. “I again appeal to you to show prudence and not succumb to provocations from within and from without, the euphoria of demonstrations and heedlessness.” Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to our newest channel Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake