Unrest-hit Kazakhstan appeals to Russia-led alliance to fight ‘terrorists’

Almaty (Kazakhstan) (AFP), Jan 4 – Kazakhstan’s president said Thursday his country was under attack from “terrorists” and appealed to a Russia-led military alliance for help, after mass protests plunged the nation into chaos. Long seen as one the most stable of the ex-Soviet republics of Central Asia, energy-rich Kazakhstan was facing its biggest crisis […]