Part of: Prelims and GS II – International Relations
Context A Moscow-led military alliance dispatched troops to help calm mounting unrest in Kazakhstan as the police said dozens were killed trying to storm government buildings.
Background
Energy-rich Kazakhstan is facing its biggest crisis in decades after days of protests over rising fuel prices escalated into widespread unrest.
Kazakhstan has been regarded as one the most stable of the ex-Soviet republics of Central Asia.
Under increasing pressure, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appealed to the Russia-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) to combat “terrorist groups”.
Do you know?
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia that consists of select post-Soviet states.
Membership: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
