Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova MOSCOW, Jan 8 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the United States can no longer lie and hypocrite when assessing the situation in Kazakhstan, these are not peaceful protests. As an example, she cited the situation with double standards in Washington's assessments of the protests in Kazakhstan and the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021. “Exactly a year ago, the Capitol was stormed by American citizens … (followed) the most severe suppression of people who came out for political reasons. not a weapon for self-defense, military weapons, people who beat, loot, «Zakharova pointed out on the YouTube channel» SolovievLive «, speaking on the situation in Kazakhstan. about what they see and asking them to take them home .. this work is underway, «she added. 
The Foreign Ministry called Blinken's statement on the role of Russia in Kazakhstan childish She summed up. 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 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 announced that terrorists, including those who arrived from abroad, continued to resist, and that those who did not lay down their arms would be destroyed. 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 Foreign Ministry called the sending of CSTO peacekeepers to Kazakhstan absolutely legal
