MOSCOW, Jan 6 Belarusian peacekeepers have arrived in Kazakhstan within the framework of the collective mission of the CSTO, the Mir 24 TV channel reports. .As the Belarusian Defense Minister said earlier, the Belarusians see the full determination of the Kazakh authorities to restore order in the country and prevent violations of the constitutional order. The peacekeepers are ready to provide them with all possible assistance within the framework of the obligations under the CSTO. The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, previously asked for the introduction of troops of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. He called the situation in the country «an invasion of bandit formations trained from abroad.» The CSTO Collective Security Council has decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan for a limited period of time. The first Russian troops from the peacekeeping contingent have already arrived in the republic, and units of the 45th separate brigade of the special forces of the Airborne Forces, Ivanovsky and Ulyanovsk formations of the Airborne Forces are also sent there. In addition to the Russian military, it will include representatives of the Armed Forces of four more countries — Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. They will, among other things, guard government and military facilities and assist law enforcement.
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Riots in Kazakhstan Protest actions 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 used as fuel for cars. The republican Ministry of Energy explained that from January 1, its value began to be formed at 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. Tokayev dismissed the government yesterday morning. He also announced that he was becoming the head of the Security Council, which was previously led by the first president of the republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Today, the government introduced state regulation of gasoline and diesel prices for 180 days. A state of emergency was introduced throughout the country. 
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Yesterday, 23:12 fuel escalated into riots. More than 1000 people were injured. Dozens of those killed, several hundred in intensive care. A state of emergency was introduced on the territory of the republic. The government was dismissed.