Milan Dinic - Ding Liren makes history, becoming World Champion:
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JUST IN - Mission completed: CSTO "peacekeeping forces" to withdraw from #Kazakhstan within the next 10 days, the collective's Secretary General told Interfax.
NOW - Sirens and a curfew announcement in Almaty, #Kazakhstan. Residents are asked to stay home as the crackdown continues.
JUST IN - #Kazakhstan's President Tokayev has requested the CSTO security bloc - involving six former Soviet countries including Russia and Belarus - for military assistance to quell the "foreign aggression" to the nation.
UPDATE - Russian-led CSTO alliance has decided to deploy "peacekeeping forces" to #Kazakhstan.
JUST IN - State of emergency declared throughout the whole territory of #Kazakhstan (RIA/Tass)