Personnel and military equipment from the Russian contingent of the CSTO peacekeeping forces at the airfield in Almaty. Video screenshot MOSCOW, 10 Jan. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the CSTO forces will be in Kazakhstan as long as necessary, and after fulfilling their functions, the contingent will be withdrawn from the country. » collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO and, I want to stress this, for a limited time period, for such a period as the President of Kazakhstan, the head of state, the head of Kazakhstan thinks possible for its use, «he said at an extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council. that after fulfilling their functions, «of course, the entire contingent will be withdrawn from the territory of Kazakhstan.» Putin also noted that the CSTO units are in Kazakhstan on the basis of an official request from the republic's leadership and in full compliance with Article 4 of the fundamental Collective Security Treaty of 1992. 
