Ministry of Defense stated number of Russians evacuated from Kazakhstan

from Kazakhstan to the homeland of aircraft aircraft of the air-space forces (VKS) returned 2241 compatriots. The number of evacuated called in the Ministry of Defense.

The last board from Alma-Ata flew to Russia on January 12th. 146 Russian citizens reached home on it. As stated in the department, evacuated people – tourists who arrived in Kazakhstan for winter holidays.

In the meantime, civil aviation communications between Russian and Kazakhstani cities comes to normal. Regular flights between Moscow and Nur Sultan were restored, the first civil plane landed in Alma-Ata. However, the Ministry of Defense did not report on the cessation of the export of Russians wishing to leave Kazakhstan.

The evacuation of compatriots in the Ministry of Defense began against the background of mass riots in the Central Asian republic. In the largest city of the country, Alma-Ata, people died during clashes of protesters with the police. Marauders appeared on the streets of the city, many shops and government agencies were looted. The first exporting flight flew from Kazakhstan on January 8.

Gradually, the situation in the southern borders of Russia is stabilized. In 14 Kazakhstan regions abolished red level of terrorist threat.

/Media reports.