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Russia has organized the export flights from Kazakhstan not only for its citizens, but for foreigners as well, RIA Novosti reports.
The Consulate General of the Russian Federation specified that six Hungarian and five Austrian citizens, all employees of the embassies, left Alma-Ata.
The evacuation of Russians also continued. The planes took out Belarusian and Kazakh citizens with a Russian residence permit. They were joined by students of Russian universities.
Earlier, almost 1,500 Russians were evacuated on board of Russia's Ministry of Defense plane.
The situation in Kazakhstan, which in the first days of the new year were caught up in riots, is getting back to normal. Earlier, the troops of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) were sent to the country to help quell political unrest.
Peacekeepers serve at strategically important facilities in the country; more than 70 Il-76 and five An-124 aircrafts took part in the transportation of personnel and military equipment.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, speaking to the citizens of the country, promised a tough response to the participants in the riots. The military had received an order to fire without warning at "armed and trained bandits" and ruled out the possibility of negotiations with them, he stressed.
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