History Protests in Kazakhstan in the face of rising gas prices
A military transport aircraft of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation flew from Almaty to Moscow and transported 25 Russians to their homeland. This was reported in the press service of the department.
Citizens were in Kazakhstan for tourism purposes. In Alma-Ata, they arrived at one of the ski resorts. However, due to the unrest caused by the protests in the republic and the closure of the airport, tourists were unable to return. They turned to the leadership of the Russian contingent of peacekeepers for help.
Note that at present, scheduled passenger flights between Kazakhstan and Russia via Alma-Ata have been suspended.
Earlier it was reported that the military from the Russian contingent, who arrived in Kazakhstan on a peacekeeping mission, assisted the security forces in taking control of the airport. # 39; Almaty.