It had been announced that Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) peacekeeping force that send out to Kazakhstan after protests against fuel price hike turned into violent acts in the country, had begun to withdraw. In the statement released by the Russian Ministry of Defence, it’s been pointed out that the Russian troops in the peacekeeping force of the CSTO left Kazakhstan with their armored vehicles and equipment, and returned to their bases.
“The units of the collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which have completed their tasks, are starting to prepare equipment and material for loading into the aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces and returning to the points of permanent deployment,” Russian Ministry of Defence said. But Ministry didn’t provide information on how many soldiers and armored vehicles were withdrawn from Kazakhstan.
In the images released to the press by the Ministry of Defence, it was seen that Russian soldiers gathered in groups at the airport in Almaty, and armored vehicles and equipment were loaded into the Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft.