President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev NUR-SULTAN, January 9 President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev posthumously awarded for the courage and dedication shown in the performance of military and service duties, as well as for the exploits of 16 dead military and law enforcement officers. interests of the state, to reward «, — says the order published on the website of the presidential administration. 
Thanks to the CSTO in Kazakhstan, it was possible to turn the tide, the expert said. Among those awarded the Aibyn Order of the II degree are the head of the KNB department for the Zhambyl region Dastan Adilbay, the inspector of the special rapid response squad of the Almaty region police Darkhan Barganaev, the officer of the border academy of the KNB Zhandos Zhagalbayev, the police inspector Slanbekov, the Order of the III degree was awarded to the commander of the border academy department Zhaiyk Adylkan, senior sergeant of the Alma-Ata police Alen Asylkhanov, private Meirkhan Bitim, ensign of justice Erbol Yerzhanov, policeman-driver Rinat Kambetov, soldier of the National Guard Madiyar Kaysarov Talkanov, and a number of other corporal 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 updated data of 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 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.
