2 minutes agoThe riots in Kazakhstan, 40 victims and over 400,000 arrested
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)More than 4,400 people have been arrested and more than 40 have lost their lives during the antigovernmental riots in Kazakhstan, according to official figures published Saturday by state media. Among the victims are members of security forces. President Kasim-Yomart Tokayev has proclaimed national mourning days to victims of the tragic event. One [...]
Among the victims are members of security forces. President Kasim-Yomart Tokayev has proclaimed national mourning days to victims of the tragic event. A military alliance of former Soviet states led by Russia, the Organisation of the Kolektive Security Treaty (CSTO), has sent paratroopers to Kazakhstan as part of a peacekeeping force. A total of about 2,500 security forces will be sent to Kazakhstan, the CSTO said in a statement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a video conference with Tokayev, supported his latest proposal for a summit of CSTO to discuss the riots. Also, Belarus's president, Alexander Lukashenko, who has pressured antigovernmental riots in his country, held a conversation with Tokayev.
