Escalation in #Kazakhstan as government says 8 members of security forces killed and 317 injured in unrest https://t.co/z8sdBc2Agc + Tokayev claims international terrorists (not clear who) fomenting unrest and asks Russia-led CSTO for assistance https://t.co/MF9mtqgcm1
— Joanna Lillis (@joannalillis) January 5, 2022
Shit, if this is true, things can get really serious. The CSTO is a Russian-dominated organization that is pretending to be the post-Soviet space's version of NATO. By calling for the CSTO to intervene, Tokayev is essentially green-lighting a Russian military intervention.
More evidence that this may be good for Ukraine, but it is horrible for Kazakhstan.
UPDATE: Here we go:
#BREAKING Moscow-led alliance to send "peacekeeping forces" to protest-hit Kazakhstan, its chairman says pic.twitter.com/INfyoTpkQP
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 5, 2022
