In Kazakhstan, Central Asia, where turmoil continues, security agencies are believed to have been held accountable after announcing that they had detained the former top executive who had just been dismissed.
Meanwhile, Russia's Putin administration has indicated that it will continue to dispatch military troops and will be involved in the restoration of order in neighboring countries.
The Kazakh government is pursuing an operation to wipe out protests that have spread throughout the country as "terrorist acts," killing 26 demonstrators and 18 security officials and detaining more than 4,400. And.
Under these circumstances, the National Security Commission of the security agency announced on the 8th that Mr. Mashimov, who had just been dismissed from the top chairman on the 6th of this month, was detained on suspicion of national treason.
Mr. Mashimov, who has served as prime minister under former President Nazarbayev, is believed to have been held responsible for the turmoil.
Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense has organized more than 70 military aircraft as part of the activities of the CSTO = Collective Security Treaty Organization, which consists of six former Soviet countries, and will send troops to Kazakhstan more than 20 times in the future. Announced.
The CSTO's dispatch was at the request of the Kazakh government, but US Secretary of State Antony Blinken questioned, "I'm not sure why I felt the need for foreign assistance."
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the other hand, has strongly opposed it, and the Putin administration, which is nervous about the rebel movement in Kazakhstan, has shown its willingness to be involved in the restoration of order in neighboring countries.