A police officer and a serviceman are on duty on a street in Nur-Sultan. Archive photo MOSCOW, Jan. 8 Russian military transport aircraft have completed the transfer of Armenian troops from the CSTO peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. from the CSTO peacekeeping forces to the Republic of Kazakhstan, «the message says. 
The CSTO managed to prevent the insurgency in Kazakhstan, the State Duma said. It is added that the servicemen were delivered from the Zvartnots airfield in Armenia to the Alm-Ata airfield in Kazakhstan by Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the early days of 2022 — residents of cities Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a twofold increase in prices for liquefied gas. Later, 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 Security Council. 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 said 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. 
The military transport plane delivered to Moscow from Kazakhstan 25 Russians
