MOSCOW, Jan 9 The adoption of any documents following the extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, scheduled for January 10, is not planned at the moment, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti. .The session of the CSTO Collective Security Council with the participation of the leadership of five states, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, was convened at the request of the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev. There is one issue on the agenda — «On the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and measures to normalize it.» The meeting will be held via videoconference under the chairmanship of Armenia. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the early days of 2022 — residents of the cities of 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 updated data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 16 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. Putin will take part in the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council
