Military soldiers near Almaty airport, Kazakhstan. File photoALMA-ATA, Jan 28The operation to evacuate Russians by military aviation from Alma-Ata, which is engulfed in unrest and acts of terror, has no precedent in Russian history, Evgeny Bobrov, Consul General of Russia in Alma-Ata, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. January, Russians were evacuated from Alma-Ata, who wished to leave the city that had been attacked by terrorists. The diplomat said that preparations for the evacuation were under difficult conditions. to one Moscow number. Therefore, when we received information about possible flights for departure, I called the ambassador in Nur-Sultan, and he already transmitted this data to Moscow, «the source said. 
The Consul General of Russia in Alma-Ata spoke about the protection of the diplomatic mission. The information was published on all resources of the Russian Foreign Ministry, he specified. according to him, only on the first day of the evacuation — January 9 — in an organized manner, without panic and excitement, almost one and a half thousand people were sent to their homeland on 15 planes.
"It should also be taken into account that we are talking about international flights from a sovereign state, which means that border guards, employees of the migration service, security agencies and so on were involved in this work. To make it all work in a broken airport, we needed the help of our colleagues in Nur-Sultan. Personally, Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi got involved in this work, he himself communicated with the leadership of the border, migration services and security agencies so that people went to the airport and helped the export of Russians", — said the Consul General.
According to him, the entire staff of the consulate was mobilized to assist at the airport in organizing the passage of all pre-flight procedures for passengers.The Consul General spoke about the evacuation of mixed families from Alma-Ata»It was an unprecedented operation. To evacuate one and a half thousand people in one day, and in general for the entire operation — 2240 people — this has never happened in the history of Russia. This is an example of amazing well-coordinated teamwork, each whose participant contributed to the success of the common cause,” the diplomat said. He also stressed that the removal of Russians from Alma-Ata was carried out at a high level. “We all remember the pictures from the Kabul airport, where people ran after the planes taking off. In our case everything was civilized, passengers were brought to the planes by buses, and the Russians themselves did not panic, although many were with children, there were even families with many children,» the consul general concluded.
Peacekeepers stopped the color revolution in Kazakhstan, Lukashenka saidProtests in KazakhstanIn the first days of 2022, protests due to rising fuel prices in Kazakhstan turned into riots. People took to the streets, clashes with security forces and looting began in Alma-Ata and some other cities, there are victims and injured on both sides. A state of emergency was introduced on the territory of the country, the government was dismissed. President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev ordered the introduction of regulation of selling prices for fuel, called what was happening an act of external aggression and turned to the CSTO partners for help. Members of the organization sent collective peacekeeping forces to the republic, which were engaged in the protection of administrative and diplomatic buildings and helped the local military to maintain law and order. On Thursday, January 13, the authorities announced the successful completion of the CSTO mission, and the withdrawal of peacekeepers began. As a result of the January events, 695 criminal cases were opened. told Putin about the tasks facing the CSTO peacekeepers