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Russia’s ‘mini-Nato’ intervenes…
Faced with mounting unrest, Kazahkstan's government appealed overnight to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) for military aid against what it called "terrorist groups". Here is what you need to know about the Russia-led alliance of six ex-Soviet states: Post-Soviet structureThe CSTO was formed in 2002, months after a US-led coalition intervened in Afghanistan following the…