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A woman walks past a Russian CSTO peacekeeper in a street in Almaty, Kazakhstan on January 11, 2022. Kazakhstan has been gripped by unrest following protests in the towns of Zhanaozen and Aktau in western Kazakhstan which were sparked by rising fuel prices on 2 January 2022. Kazakhstan's President Tokayev has declared a 2 week state of emergency over mass unrest in the country and asked the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) for assistance. On 6 January 2022, according to a decision by the CSTO Collective Security Council, a peacekeeping contingent was sent to Kazakhstan for a limited period of time to stabilise and normalise the situation. (Photo by Valery Sharifulin/TASS)
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