Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, centre, greets peacekeepers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization after their withdrawal from Kazakhstan, on military airport near Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, Jan.15, 2022. In light of unprecedented mass protests that quickly grew violent, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev requested help from the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a Russia-led military alliance of six ex-Soviet states. The bloc sent over 2,000 troops to Kazakhstan last week, and on Tuesday Tokayev declared their mission largely complete. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP) POOL PHOTO
