Police cars in the center of Almaty MOSCOW, Jan 8 The crisis headquarters at the Russian Embassy in Kazakhstan is processing requests from Russians who reported the impossibility of leaving the country, the lists and places of their residence are being specified, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. leave the Republic of Kazakhstan, continues to clarify the lists and places of their residence in order to further resolve the issue of their return to their homeland, «the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation says. By local time, flights of the military transport aviation of the Ministry of Defense of Russia on the routes Alma-Ata — Ivanovo and Alma-Ata — Orenburg will be operated from the city's international airport. Gathering at the terminal on Sunday, at 14.00 local time. «The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Nur-Sultan asked the country's authorities to assist Russian citizens with passport and customs control during departure,» the Foreign Ministry added. 
A military transport plane brought 25 Russians to Moscow from Kazakhstan Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022 — residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a twofold increase in prices for liquefied 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 across the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, about 1,000 people were injured during the protests in Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 18 security officials were killed. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart 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 the CSTO for help «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 terrorists, including those who 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. Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in the online report & gt; & gt; 
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