Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in Geneva MOSCOW, Jan 13 The topic of Kazakhstan was not directly discussed during negotiations with the United States on security guarantees, but it was a background, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. At the same time, he pointed out that Washington's reaction to the CSTO operation was self-revealing, confirmed Moscow's worst assumptions about the intentions of the American side in Eurasia. 
The Kremlin noted the role of the CSTO in resolving the situation in Kazakhstan «Directly during the Geneva and, as I understand, Brussels discussions … this story did not sound, but, so to speak, was invisibly present, was the background ..», Ryabkov said in an interview TV channel RTVI, answering the question of whether the topic of Kazakhstan was discussed at recent meetings with Western partners. confirmed, perhaps, confirmed even from the point of view of our worst assumptions about what the United States is driven by in the so-called post-Soviet space in Greater Eurasia, what their goals are … This is a very complex topic, «added the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister. 
Ryabkov called the US reaction to the CSTO operation in Kazakhstan self-revealing 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, 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. 
Peskov commented on the criticism of the Minister of Information of Kazakhstan
