Russia-Led Troops Begin Withdrawal From Kazakhstan

 

ABC News: Russian troops begin leaving Kazakhstan after government restores control 

Russian-led troops began leaving Kazakhstan on Thursday. Russian-led troops sent to help Kazakhstan’s government quell violent protests have begun leaving the country, according to Russia’s defense minister. 

Roughly 2,300 troops were dispatched to Kazakhstan last week by a Moscow-dominated alliance of former Soviet countries, after Kazakhstan’s president appealed for assistance amid the protests that saw his government lose control in the country’s biggest city, Almaty.  

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WNU Editor: I am glad they are leaving. Any long term presence of Russian troops in Kazakhstan will only suck Russia into the mess that is known as Kazakhstan.

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