Il-76MD aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which delivered Russian citizens from the Republic of Kazakhstan, at the Chkalovsky airfield in the Moscow region < strong> MOSCOW, Jan 10 The Russian Defense Ministry plane has evacuated six Hungarian citizens from Kazakhstan, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyarto said. “The Russian Defense Ministry plane has already departed from Kazakhstan with six evacuated Hungarian citizens and their families on board. The destination is Russia, where our rescued compatriots will be wait for the plane of the Hungarian Armed Forces, «Siyjarto wrote on his Facebook account. He noted that the day before the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Hungary and Russia agreed that the Russian Foreign Ministry would assist in the evacuation of Hungarians stuck in Almaty. 
The United States approved the voluntary evacuation of the consulate general in Almaty 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 two-fold 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, 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 announced 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. 
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