Russian Defense Ministry: Russian peacekeepers flew from Alma-Ata to the Moscow region
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Units of Russian peacekeepers from the composition of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) flew out of Alma-Ata. This was reported in the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry, reports RIA Novosti.
In total, 18 Il-76 aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia flew to the Moscow region. It is noted that the Russians will return to the Chkalovsky airport in the Moscow region.
CSTO peacekeepers began to leave Kazakhstan on January 13, after earlier Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced the end of their mission. The final process of the return of the military should be completed on January 19.
Massive protests broke out in Kazakhstan on January 2 over a sharp increase in gas prices for cars. The economic demands of the protesters were quickly replaced by political ones, in particular, about the departure of the former president of the country, Nursultan Nazarbayev, from politics. A peacekeeping mission was sent to Kazakhstan in early 2022 to stabilize the situation in the republic against the backdrop of the outbreak of protests.
