Russian servicemen of the CSTO peacekeeping force contingent at an airfield in RussiaMOSCOW, Jan 16Twenty aircraft with Russian peacekeepers from the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO arrived from Kazakhstan, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported. of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO arrived from Kazakhstan at the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow, the message says. At the airfield, the Airborne Forces unloaded weapons, military equipment, property, and then marched to the point of permanent deployment. On Saturday, part of 15 Il-76s and three An-124s were involved in their transfer.
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In the first days of 2022 in Kazakhstan, protests due to rising fuel prices escalated into riots. People took to the streets, clashes with security forces and looting began, there are victims and injured on both sides. According to the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan, 225 people were killed, including 19 security officials of the republic, 4353 people were injured. A state of emergency was introduced on the territory of the country, the government was dismissed. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ordered the introduction of regulation of selling prices for fuel. He called what was happening an act of external aggression and turned to his CSTO partners for help. Members of the organization sent collective peacekeeping forces to the republic during the unrest, which guarded administrative and diplomatic buildings and helped the local military maintain law and order. On Thursday, January 13, they announced the successful completion of the CSTO mission, now the peacekeepers are returning from Kazakhstan. Matvienko