Russian Foreign Ministry building MOSCOW, Jan 8 Statements by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the role of » Russians «in Kazakhstan are rudeness, when Americans are in your house, it can be difficult to stay alive,» the Russian Foreign Ministry said. tragic events in Kazakhstan. «The Foreign Ministry recalled that Blinken accompanied the» absolutely legitimate response of the CSTO to the call of the leadership of Kazakhstan to provide assistance in ensuring security «with a malicious remark:» One lesson from past history: when Russians are in your house, it can be difficult to force them to leave «.
& # 34; If Anthony Blinken loves history lessons so much, then let him mean the following: when Americans are in your house, it can be difficult to stay alive, not to be robbed or raped & # 34 ;, — indicated in the Foreign Ministry.
The diplomats noted that this has been taught for all 300 years of American statehood. «The Indians of the North American continent, Koreans, Vietnamese, Iraqis, Panamanians, Yugoslavs, Libyans, Syrians and many other unfortunate people who are not lucky enough to see these uninvited guests at their» home «will tell a lot about this,” the ministry concluded. The expert assessed the role of grants from the West «for the development of democracy» in Kazakhstan Riots in Kazakhstan Mass protests in the republic began in the early days of 2022, the reason for the dissatisfaction of the residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country was a two-fold increase in prices for liquefied petroleum gas used for refueling cars. Subsequently, people took to the streets in other cities, there were several clashes with the Kazakh security forces, there are casualties from all sides. The participants in the events, whom the authorities call militants or terrorists, made several attempts to storm administrative buildings and police departments, they were repulsed. According to the UN, about a thousand people were injured during the protests. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic reported that 18 security officials were killed. Tokayev dismissed the government and ordered the introduction of regulation of selling prices for fuel, but the unrest continued. He also headed the Security Council, at the first meeting of which he called the situation in Kazakhstan «undermining the integrity of the state» and said that he asked for help from the CSTO. On Friday, the President of Kazakhstan said that terrorists, including those who arrived from abroad, continued to resist. He promised to destroy those who did not lay down their arms. The authorities heard all the demands of citizens, expressed in peaceful forms, he added. Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in the online report & gt; & gt;
Blinken called on the Kazakh authorities to respond proportionally to the protests