Overnight developments in Kazakhstan’s uprising: CSTO peacekeepers have been deployed, and an ‘antiterrorist operation’ is underway against protesters and rioters

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English - January 06, 2022 12:48 - 4 minutes - 4.4 MB
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The Collective Security Treaty Organization has deployed troops to Kazakhstan, the organization confirmed officially to the news agency Interfax. The contingent of peacekeepers includes units from Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. The decision to send soldiers was reached based on "the threat to the Republic of Kazakhstan's national security and sovereignty caused, among other things, by outside interference," Armenian Prime Minister and acting CSTO Collective Security Council Chairman Nikol Pashinyan explained in an announcement on Wednesday. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/01/06/overnight-developments-in-kazakhstan-s-uprising