Kazakhstan protests: Moscow-led alliance sends ‘peacekeeping forces’
by Shaun Walker and Naubet Bisenov in Aktobe province from World news | The Guardian on (#5TP9P)
Former Soviet states respond to pleas from Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as he tries to regain control
Peacekeeping forces" from a Russia-led military alliance will be sent to Kazakhstan to help the country's president regain control, it was announced on Wednesday night, as violent clashes continued after fuel price rises triggered widespread protests.
Armenia's prime minister Nikol Pashinyan said the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) - an alliance of Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan - would dispatch forces to stabilise" the Central Asian country.
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