MOSCOW, Jan 7 The United Russia party considers that the appeal of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev with a request for support to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is timely and justified; timely appeal of the President of Kazakhstan to the leaders of the CSTO with a request for support. The actions of the allies became a prompt and adequate response to the threat of seizure of power in Kazakhstan by terrorist groups. Attack on the state itself and its civilians. Today it is necessary to give the special services units the opportunity to fulfill their task and localize the danger that has arisen, «Turchak said. 
In Alma-Ata, explosions were heard in one of the courtyards. He also noted that United Russia supports the efforts of the Kazakh authorities to restore constitutional order in the country with which Russia has the longest land border. «Stability in Kazakhstan directly affects the security interests of our country. Therefore, we cannot indifferently look at what is happening there. Today the blood of civilians has been spilled there, well-trained and coordinated gangs are operating in the streets. We read reports about decapitated soldiers of the security forces. This is clearly the handwriting of Islamists — well-trained militants who could be trained in Afghanistan, «Turchak noted. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the early days of 2022. Then the inhabitants of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a twofold increase in prices for liquefied gas. Then the protests spread to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital and the largest city of the republic: looting began there, militants attacked state institutions, took away weapons. In response, the authorities declared a state of emergency across the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, about 1,000 people were injured during the protests in Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 18 security officials were killed. 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. At the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, Tokayev described the situation in Kazakhstan as undermining the integrity of the state and said that he had asked the CSTO for help «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan to normalize the situation in the country. On January 7, Tokayev announced that terrorists, including those who arrived from abroad, continued to resist, and promised to destroy those who did not lay down their arms. In addition, the President noted that all the demands of citizens, expressed in peaceful forms, were heard. Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in the online report & gt; & gt; 
The SCO anti-terrorist structure announced that it is ready to help Kazakhstan
