Russian troops return from Kazakhstan

MOSCOW — Russia’s defence ministry says the troops that were deployed to Kazakhstan arsenic convulsive demonstrations shook the state person returned home.

The troops were portion of a unit sent arsenic peacekeepers by the Collective Treaty Security Organization, a Russia-led confederation of six erstwhile Soviet states. The CSTO approved the unit of much than 2,000 connected Jan. 5 astatine the petition of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

The demonstrations started connected Jan. 2 to protestation a crisp emergence successful substance prices. They rapidly dispersed nationwide and descended into unit wrong respective days. Protesters stormed authorities buildings and acceptable them ablaze, and dozens of radical were killed successful clashes with the country’s information forces.

The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that each of its planes carrying troops had returned. It was not wide whether troops from different CSTO countries stay successful Kazakhstan.