In Kazakhstan, there was a fracture of the situation for the better. About this RIA Novosti reported the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Treaty (CSTO) Stanislav Row.
He explained that such a cautious conclusion can be made on the basis of events that occurred in the last day. “We hope this trend will be strengthened,” the official noted. At the same time, it pointed out that Kazakhstani security officials themselves cope with themselves, but they are hard and the CSTO peacekeepers must help them.
previously promised that peacekeepers would not attract demonstrations to the acceleration in Kazakhstan. At the same time, they have the right to apply weapons, but they have the right to use them only if they attack them armed gangs.
January 5, President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev appealed to the CSTO for help because of the riots started in the country. On January 2, protests began in Kazakhstani cities due to the increase in gas prices for cars from 60 to 120 tenge. Later, they turned into disorders with the requirements of the first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev from politics, holding new elections and the dissolution of parliament. The most significant collisions occurred in the former capital of Alma-Ata.