& laquo; Kazakhstan & nbsp; & mdash; this is an attempt to attack the post-Soviet states along the & nbsp; perimeter of Russia. They & nbsp; need to drown Russia in & nbsp; blood. I repeat once again: if Russia collapses, then & nbsp; we & nbsp; will not even & nbsp; notice where we & nbsp; will end up. They will simply step over us. As I & nbsp; say, in the millstones they will grind and & nbsp; spit out. Therefore, whatever the & nbsp; cost, we need to preserve the center of our civilization, the center of our Orthodoxy and & nbsp; not & nbsp; only. Those & nbsp; lands that today are in the & nbsp; part of the Russian Federation & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; quotes Lukashenko's words, the agency Sputnik Belarus.
Mass protests in & nbsp; Kazakhstan began in the & nbsp; early days of 2022. Then the inhabitants of the cities of Zhanaozen and & nbsp; Aktau in & nbsp; Mangystau region & nbsp; & mdash; oil-producing region in the & nbsp; west of the country & nbsp; & mdash; opposed a two-fold increase in prices for & nbsp; liquefied petroleum gas, then the protests spread to other cities.
In & nbsp; Alma-Ata, the old capital of the republic, on January 4 and & nbsp; 5 & nbsp; there were clashes with & nbsp; security forces, the police used gas and & nbsp; stun grenades. Throughout Kazakhstan, the Internet was turned off, and the broadcasting of a number of TV channels was temporarily stopped. A state of emergency was introduced in & nbsp; Kazakhstan.
On & nbsp; the night of & nbsp; 6 & nbsp; January Tokayev held the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, at & nbsp; which called the situation in & nbsp; Kazakhstan “ undermining the integrity of the state ''; and & nbsp; said that & nbsp; asked for help from the & nbsp; CSTO & nbsp; in & nbsp; overcoming the terrorist threat. The CSTO Collective Security Council at & nbsp; that & nbsp; same & nbsp; night decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to & nbsp; Kazakhstan in & nbsp; in connection with & nbsp; Tokayev's appeal. The forces, as reported, will be directed to & nbsp; a limited time period with & nbsp; aim of stabilizing and & nbsp; normalizing the situation in & nbsp; this country.