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MOSCOW, January 15 All ten aircraft with paratroopers participating in the CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan, landed at the Severny airfield in Ivanovo. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense. «All 10 aircraft with Russian peacekeepers from the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO arrived from Kazakhstan at the Severny (Ivanovo) airfield,» the statement says. Earlier, two more aircraft of the Aerospace Forces landed at the Chkalovsky airfield in the Moscow region . In total, 15 Il-76s and three An-124s are involved in the transfer of personnel and equipment. It is noted that after the landing of the last aircraft, solemn events will be held. Then the peacekeepers will return to their permanent deployment points.
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In early January, riots erupted in Kazakhstan amid protests against a doubling of prices for liquefied gas. According to the UN, about a thousand people were injured during the protests. As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 17 Kazakh security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. The authorities have not yet released information about civilian casualties. At the request of the President of the Republic, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, the CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to the scene to normalize the situation. The operation involved military from Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. They were entrusted with the protection of strategically important objects. The mission was declared completed on 13 January.