Russian President Vladimir Putin NOVO-OGAREVO, Jan 10 PF President Vladimir Putin proposed at the CSTO platform to work out measures to jointly counteract attempts at destructive external interference in the Organization's area of responsibility. joint counteraction to attempts at destructive external interference in the CSTO area of responsibility, «Putin said at an extraordinary video conference of the leaders of the Organization's countries. 
Tokayev responded to criticism of the CSTO mission in Kazakhstan «The main thing is that the tragic events that our brotherly country Kazakhstan is going through today does not take us by surprise, so that we are fully mobilized and ready to repulse any provocations,» he added. 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, 17 Kazakhstani security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. 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.
