Consequences of the riots in Almaty NOVO-OGAREVO, Jan 10 Russian President Vladimir Putin said that it is clear to everyone that the threats that have arisen in Kazakhstan are not a spontaneous action due to the rise in fuel prices. that destructive internal and external forces took advantage of the situation, «he said at the CSTO summit. 
The CSTO forces will be in Kazakhstan as long as necessary, Putin said Putin stressed that «those people who advocated the situation on the gas market are one people, and they have the same goals, and those who took up arms and attacked the state — they are completely different people, and they have different goals. «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, 17 security officials were killed. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and became the head of 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.
