As protests escalated in Kazakhstan, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for support from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)

protests ignited with the issue of the rise in fuel price has begun nationwide with adding political issues.

President Tokayev accusing foreign-trained “terrorist gangs” behind the protest imposed a nationwide state of emergency that includes a curfew and a ban on mass gatherings.

Meanwhile, the CSTO’s chairman, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, confirmed the alliance would send peacekeeping forces for a limited period of time and it has been confirmed that the peacekeeping forces will be led by Russian Troops.