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Sending units of the armed forces of the CSTO countries to Kazakhstan and, in particular, Russian paratroopers, is not interference in the internal affairs of Kazakhstan, former commander of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Federation, retired Colonel-General Georgy Shpak, told Interfax.

The press service of the Northern Fleet reported that this year the Arctic group of the SF, created on the basis of the ships of the Kola Flotilla of heterogeneous forces, will ensure the safety of civil navigation and maritime economic activity of Russia along the Northern Sea Route during the next campaign.

Belarus is ready to provide assistance to the friendly people of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus said on Thursday.

All the heads of the Baikonur city administration, as well as branches of Roscosmos enterprises, returned to the city. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the state corporation.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regards what is happening in Kazakhstan as an externally inspired attempt to undermine the security and integrity of the Central Asian state.

North Korea is raising the stakes amid rumors of a possible continuation of negotiations with the United States and its allies. On January 6, the Yonhap news agency reported that North Korea had launched a new ballistic missile at the Sea of Japan.

Estonian President Alar Karis views Russia's proposals on security guarantees as an ultimatum and does not see them as a basis for negotiations with the West.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that it is impossible to give Kazakhstan, it will be a gift to the West, comparable to Ukraine.

A peacekeeping company of the 103rd Airborne Vitebsk Brigade of special operations forces has been sent to Kazakhstan, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Thursday.

The first units of the Russian contingent of the CSTO peacekeeping forces have arrived in Kazakhstan. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.

There, it was noted that the Russian contingent of military transport aircraft was delivered to the territory of Kazakhstan. Now Russian peacekeepers with regular equipment continue to be transferred to Kazakhstan.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Kazakhstan "cannot be given" to the external forces that provoked chaos, since it will be the same "gift as Ukraine for the United States."

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published a video of the landing of the first units from the CSTO peacekeeping forces in Kazakhstan.

The security talks to be held next week will be crucial for Europe and the world, according to Liz Truss, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and UK Development.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a telephone conversation with the leader of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, expressed hope for the stabilization of the situation on the territory of Kazakhstan, the Anadolu agency reported on Thursday.

The situation in the cities of Kazakhstan is destabilized not by peaceful protesters, but by militants with experience of military operations in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Dmitry Sablin said.

The German and French authorities have confirmed that there is no alternative to the "Minsk agreements", said Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation.

The total number of Russian military personnel in the peacekeeping contingent of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) There will be less than 5 thousand people in Kazakhstan, the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Thursday, citing a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Presidents of Uzbekistan and Turkey, Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed Uzbek-Turkish relations, the situation in Central Asia and the situation in Kazakhstan during a telephone conversation on Thursday, the press service of the Uzbek leader reported.

First Deputy US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to Geneva later in January for talks with the Russian delegation, along with Deputy Secretary of State for Arms Control Bonnie Jenkins and a number of representatives of the National Security Council, the Pentagon and the US military command, the State Department said on Thursday.

The Taliban movement that seized Afghanistan (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) said it was concerned about the unrest in Kazakhstan.