A Russia-led security alliance of ex-Soviet states will send peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan after the Kazakh president appealed for help in quelling violent and deadly protests.
, Armenia’s prime minister said on Thursday, after the Kazakh president appealed for their help in quelling violent and deadly protests.
Initially set off by anger at a fuel price rise, the protests have quickly spread to take in wider opposition to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev, who retained significant power despite quitting in 2019 after ruling for nearly three decades.Nazarbayev, 81, has been widely seen as the main political force in Nur-Sultan, the purpose-built capital that bears his name. His family is believed to control much of the economy, the largest in Central Asia.
The Russian news agency Interfax quoted an official as saying the airport had subsequently been cleared of protesters. Reuters was not able to independently confirm the report. “It is an undermining of the integrity of the state and most importantly it is an attack on our citizens, who are asking me ... to help them urgently,” Tokayev said.
A resident of Almaty who mingled with the protesters on Wednesday said most of those he met appeared to come from the city’s impoverished outskirts or nearby villages.
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