Russian servicemen from the CSTO peacekeeping contingent during unloading from a military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace ForcesMOSCOW, 18 Jan. If nominations are received from the Russian Ministry of Defense for awarding participants in the CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan, they will be considered, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of Russia. Peskov answered the question of whether decrees on rewarding peacekeepers are expected.CSTO will protect members of the organization from color revolutions, Matvienko said aviation, as well as on the protection of facilities of particular importance (communication facilities, energy facilities, facilities that are responsible for the life and functioning of the state). rising prices for liquefied natural 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 throughout the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the country's Prosecutor General's Office, 4,578 people were injured as a result of the riots, 225 people were killed, including 19 security officials. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President 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 announced 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. In Kazakhstan
