<span style="color: #222222;">Security forces in Kazakhstan say, they have killed dozens of anti-government rioters in an operation to restore order in the main city, Almaty.<br />''</span><br />''A police spokeswoman said, they moved in after protesters tried to take control of police stations in the city.<br />''Twelve members of the security forces have been killed and 353 injured in the unrest, sparked by a doubling in the cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).<br />''<br />''Russia is sending in troops at the request of the Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. They will be deployed to help stabilize the country, which is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) along with Russia, Belarus, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.<br />''<br />''The CSTO confirmed Russian paratroopers were being dispatched as peacekeepers, with advance units already deployed, and footage released by Russian media showed soldiers boarding a military transport plane.<br />''Protests began on Sunday when the government lifted its price cap on LPG, which many people use to fuel their cars, but the unrest has since spread to include political grievances.<br />''<br />''President Tokayev imposed a nationwide state of emergency that includes a curfew and a ban on mass gatherings. The Kazakh president announced he had sought help from the CSTO and the CSTO's chairman, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, confirmed the alliance would send peacekeeping forces for a limited period of time.<br />''<br />''Almaty police spokeswoman Saltanat Azirbek called on people in the city to stay at home temporarily as a counter-terrorist operation continued in three administrative buildings on Thursday. Dozens of attackers were eliminated after they tried to storm police buildings in the city, she said, adding that weapons had been stolen by rioters.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">About 1,000 people have reportedly been injured in the unrest, with 400 being treated in hospital and 62 in intensive care. Staff at Kazakhstan's main airport had to flee anti-government demonstrators. </span><br />