Russian paratroopers have been deployed to Kazakhstan in response to an appeal from the president of Kazakhstan to help stabilize the Central Asian country amid a wave of protests sparked by a fuel price rise
said, as some contractors disrupted train lines in support of the protests. Oil prices rose more than 1% on Thursday and uranium has also jumped since the clashes erupted.in one of the world's biggest crypto miners and making it impossible to gauge the extent of the unrest., 81, who had held on to the reins despite stepping down three years ago as president., said he called in the Moscow-led military alliance of ex-Soviet states.
"We will be watching very closely for any violations of human rights and any efforts or actions on the part of foreign forces to seize Kazakh institutions," he added., swelled on Wednesday, when protesters chanting slogans against Nazarbayev stormed and torched public buildings in Almaty and other cities.
The swift arrival of Russian troops demonstrated the Kremlin's willingness to safeguard its influence in the ex-Soviet Union with force. Since late 2020, Moscow has shored up the leader of Belarus against a popular uprising, intervened to halt a war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and, to the West's alarm, massed troops again near Ukraine, which Russia invaded eight years ago.
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