Russian servicemen of the CSTO peacekeeping force contingentMOSCOW, Jan 17The CSTO peacekeepers completed their mission in Kazakhstan, if not for them, the unrest in the country would have continued and would have attracted terrorists from Central Asia and the Middle East to the republic, says Yermukhamet Yertysbaev, a former adviser to the ex-president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. «Yes, of course (they completed the mission) «I will say this: if not for the CSTO, these battles would have continued for another week or two. This would attract a new number of terrorists. There are a lot of «sleeping» cells in Central Asia, the Middle East. They have communication and logistics built , (they) would have poured here (to Kazakhstan),» Yertysbayev said on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel. world efficiency and power. As soon as they (peacekeepers — ed.) came, everything immediately began to decline. And all the terrorists, militants disappeared,» Yertysbaev added.
In Alma-Ata, 149 civilians and 11 security officials were killed due to riots 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 throughout the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, during the protests in Kazakhstan, about 1,000 people were injured. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 17 Kazakh security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. On the morning of January 5, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart 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 for help from the CSTO «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 the terrorists, including those who had 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. On Thursday, January 13, the successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced, now the peacekeepers are returning from Kazakhstan.
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