{"id":459934,"date":"2022-01-06T23:08:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T23:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularresistance.org\/?p=198228"},"modified":"2022-01-06T23:08:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T23:08:13","slug":"russian-led-security-bloc-sending-peacekeepers-to-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/01\/06\/russian-led-security-bloc-sending-peacekeepers-to-kazakhstan\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian-Led Security Bloc Sending Peacekeepers To Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)\u00a0announced Wednesday\u00a0that it is sending peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan after the country\u2019s president requested help to deal with massive protests.<\/p>\n
The CSTO is a six-member military alliance made up of six former Soviet states. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the CSTO\u2019s current chair,\u00a0announced the deployment\u00a0and said the peacekeepers would be sent to\u00a0Kazakhstan \u201cfor a limited period with the aim of stabilization and normalization of the situation in this country.\u201d Pashinyan didn\u2019t specify how many peacekeepers were being deployed.<\/p>\n
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