Burnt bus in Almaty, Kazakhstan NUR-SULTAN, Jan 10 The State Secretary of Kazakhstan Yerlan Karin said that in the events in Kazakhstan there is a conspiracy of internal and external forces. «There is a conspiracy of internal and certain external forces, since the participants, so to speak, of the strike terrorist groups were both Kazakh citizens and foreign citizens.» , — he said on the air of the TV channel «Khabar-24». According to him, there was a «conspiracy» of various forces. «This is the use of criminals, the use of shock terrorist groups, and the use, and this is quite competent, methods of information impact,» — noted He. Massive 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 updated information from 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. Already 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 expert explained why the introduction of the CSTO peacekeepers «infuriated» the West
