MOSCOW, Jan 6 The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), whose peacekeepers went to Kazakhstan at the request of the country's leadership, will cope with this task and show itself as an effective structure, said Sergei Mironov, head of the Just Russia For Truth faction in the Duma. and will show itself as an effective international structure. Russian paratroopers (whose units are part of the CSTO peacekeeping mission — ed.) have repeatedly proved: where they are, there is peace and order, «Mironov wrote in his Telegram channel. 
The President of Kazakhstan thanked the CSTO for sending the peacekeeping forces. However, he added, military units alone cannot solve the security problem in Kazakhstan. «For this, it is necessary to change approaches to ensuring civil peace and harmony, to create decent living conditions for people, to strengthen citizens' confidence in the authorities,» the parliamentarian stressed. He also proposed to station CSTO forces in Kazakhstan on a permanent basis, including to protect the Russian population. … “The CSTO forces, which are based on Russian units, can become the basis for the formation in Kazakhstan of a system of countering extremism for years to come. One of the most important tasks of this system should be the protection of the Russian-speaking population. as part of the rapid reaction forces, «- wrote Mironov. He also expressed the opinion that the issue of protecting Russians should be one of the key issues for Russia when discussing security problems in Central Asia and the socio-economic development of the region as a whole. “I hope that our partners in the CSTO will accept this position with respect and understanding,” the deputy concluded. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022. Then the residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the Mangistau region — an oil-producing region in the west of the country — opposed a two-fold increase in prices for liquefied petroleum gas, then the protests spread to other cities. In Alma-Ata, the old capital of the republic, on January 4 and 5, clashes with security forces occurred, the police used gas and stun grenades. Throughout Kazakhstan, the Internet was turned off, and the broadcasting of a number of TV channels was temporarily stopped. Kazakhstan has declared a state of emergency. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the republic’s Security Council, removing the first head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, from this post. On the night of January 6, Tokayev held the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, at which he called the situation in Kazakhstan «an undermining of the integrity of the state» and said that he had asked the CSTO for help «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» On the same night, the CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan in connection with Tokayev's appeal. The force, it was reported, will be sent for a limited time period with the aim of stabilizing and normalizing the situation in that country. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow views the events in Kazakhstan as an attempt to violently undermine the security and integrity of the state, inspired from outside. 
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