Law enforcement officers during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan MOSCOW, Jan 6 The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send Collective Peacekeeping Forces to Kazakhstan in connection with the appeal of President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, said the Prime Minister of Armenia, Chairman of the Council Nikol Pashinyan.
& # 34; In connection with the appeal of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Tokayev and in view of threats to national security and the sovereignty of the Republic of Kazakhstan, caused, inter alia, by outside interference, the CSTO Collective Security Council, in accordance with Article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty, decided to send the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces to the Republic of Kazakhstan & # 34 ;, — says Pashinyan's publication in Facebook.
It is specified that the forces will be sent for a limited time period in order to stabilize and normalize the situation in this country. Protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of the new year. Residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau, which are located in the oil-producing Mangistau region, rallied to protest against a two-fold increase in the price of liquefied petroleum gas, which is used as fuel for cars. The republican Ministry of Energy explained that from January 1, its value began to form in electronic exchange trading based on supply and demand. On January 4, the authorities announced that they were ready to fulfill the main demand of the protesters — to reduce gas prices. Despite this, protests began in other cities. instructed to introduce state regulation of prices for liquefied gas and gasoline for six months. He also announced that he would become the head of the Security Council, which was previously led by the first president of the republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and announced new measures to resolve the situation. Tokayev warned protesters that the authorities would take the toughest measures against violators, since the riots have already killed and suffered law enforcers. A state of emergency has been introduced throughout the republic. Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in an online report & gt; & gt; 
Kazakhstan is being set on fire with the help of liquefied gas