Akimat building in Almaty fire damagedNUR-SULTAN, Jan 25The regime of the anti-terrorist operation is terminated from Wednesday in Alma-Ata, as well as in the Alma-Ata and Zhambyl regions of Kazakhstan, the press service of the National Security Committee of the republic reported on Tuesday. «The Republican Operational Headquarters for Combating Terrorism informs about the termination from 00:00 on January 26 (21:00 Moscow time on January 25) of the anti-terrorist operation regime and the critical «red» level of terrorist danger in Almaty, Zhambyl regions and the city of Almaty,» the message says.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ec6fed253bb172582a6fbb076002fc36.jpg" />Tokayev announced the start of an operation to restore order at customs 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 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. Later, on January 7, Tokayev said that terrorists, including those who arrived from abroad, continue 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. The successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced on January 13. On January 19, the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan announced that there were no longer any foreign military in the republic.
