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Moscow Declares Kazakhstan Unrest “Foreign-Inspired Attempt” Of “Armed & Trained Groups” To Overthrow State<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued its most definitive and biting criticisms of the\u00a0unfolding crisis<\/a>\u00a0just its its south, in the large former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, which it should be remembered is the size of Europe in terms of land mass.<\/p>\n

Echoing statements this week from embattled strongman Kazakh president\u00a0Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who has labeled the raging and increasingly violent fuel price hike protests and riots as “terroristic” in nature and inspired by “outside” forces, Russia has described a\u00a0“foreign-inspired attempt to use armed and trained groups of people”<\/strong>\u00a0to overthrow the legitimate government.<\/p>\n

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Kazakh security forces battle rioters in the streets, via TASS.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We consider the recent events in\u00a0a friendly country<\/strong>\u00a0to be a foreign-inspired attempt to use armed and trained groups of people\u00a0forcibly to undermine the security and integrity of the state<\/strong>“, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova\u00a0said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“She stressed that Russia is\u00a0interested in reinstating the status quo in Kazakhstan<\/strong>, and will assist Kazakh authorities in stopping the violence,” Russian media further cited her as saying.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day relatively small deployments of Russian paratroopers\u00a0were filmed<\/a>\u00a0boarding military transport aircraft. This after the regional\u00a0Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) alliance authorized a peace-keeping force on the ground. As we noted previously, there’s nothing so far to suggest that the Kremlin is deploying a very large force – also as it likely has its eyes still focused on the Ukraine crisis 2.0 and NATO eastward expansion.<\/p>\n