Mass protests are sweeping towns and cities across Kazakhstan, with thousands of demonstrators seizing government buildings and overrunning police, shaking the authoritarian regime of one of the former Soviet Union's longest lasting rulers.
Protests broke out in the Central Asian country after a sharp rise in gas prices.Kazakhstan's president has appealed to a Russian-led military alliance for help in quelling the mass protests gripping the Central Asian country, promising to use force to put down the unrest.
The announcement raises the prospect that foreign and potentially Russian troops may now help violently put down the unprecedented protests that have spread across Kazakhstan.
Tokayev claimed"international terrorist groups" had seized parts of Almaty, saying that should be considered an"act of aggression" and he was therefore invoking the CSTO's collective security guarantees. Kazakhstan is a major energy exporter and its authoritarian government is an important ally for the Kremlin, which has a stable and productive relationship with Tokayev's government.
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