Hundreds rallied in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, on Sunday to commemorate victims of deadly clashes last month, defying an official ban on the demonstration. Central Asia’s richest country descended into violence in early January when peaceful protests over a gas price hike unravelled into bloody clashes and looting. More than 200 died and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called in troops from a Russia-led security bloc to re-establish control. On Sunday, demonstrators gathered in Almaty’s Republic Square to pray for those who died in the bloodshed. They called for the resignation of Toka…