Russian troops return after deployment in Kazakhstan
16 January 2022 |
2:21 pm
Forces sent to help quell an outbreak of violence in Kazakhstan have returned to Russia. A Moscow-led alliance of six former Soviet states were sent after a request from the Kazakh president.
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