Military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces delivered 1,461 Russians from Kazakhstan to Russia, the Defense Ministry said. According to him, 1,422 people arrived in Moscow, another 14 – in Yekaterinburg. In a press release from the department, it is specified that the Russians went to Almaty on vacation and at sports camps.
In Kazakhstan, protests began on January 2 due to the decision of the authorities to double the prices for liquefied gas. Later, the actions turned into riots, the government of the country resigned at the request of the protesters. On January 6, the Collective Security Treaty Organization announced the start of a peacekeeping mission in the country. On the same day, Russia deployed the first units of peacekeepers to Kazakhstan. Today, January 10, Aeroflot resumes flights from Moscow to Nur-Sultan.
Read about the development of the situation in the country in the publication of “Kommersant” “Kazakhston”.
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