Military equipment of the Russian unit of the CSTO peacekeeping forces at the airfield in Almaty ALMA-ATA, January 12 Alma-Ata airport resumes work on servicing domestic and international flights at 21.00 Moscow time on January 12 (0.00 January 13, Nur-Sultan time), the press service of the air harbor said. Previously, the press service noted that in connection with the action in Almaty curfew, which was introduced as part of an emergency due to protests in the country, the airport will operate from 8.00 to 21.00 (from 5.00 to 18.00 Moscow time). At the same time, for safety reasons, only passengers are allowed to enter the terminal. As the press service of the airport told RIA Novosti, the schedule of flights to and from Almaty is now being formed by airlines. 
Why is the Kazakh minister barred from entering Russia? Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, said on Wednesday that it would resume daily flights between Moscow and Almaty from January 14. Alma-Ata airport was attacked by rioters on January 5, but was recaptured the same evening. Since the beginning of the state of emergency, the airport has served military aviation flights that delivered the CSTO peacekeeping contingent to the city, and later evacuating Russian citizens from Alma-Ata. 
The withdrawal of CSTO forces from Kazakhstan will be completed within ten days 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 Kazakhstani security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. 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. 
Nazarbayev is in Nur-Sultan, the ambassador said Of Kazakhstan
