Life returns to normal in Kazakhstan as Russian troops depart

— the worst in the 30 years of independence and that officials said killed 227 people — appeared to shock the government and sent ripples of alarm through the region where Kazakhstan was long seen as a stable country in the hands of an authoritarian government.

A view from the office of Mir TV, which was vandalized and set on fire during recent violence in Almaty, Kazakhstan.Buses, banks, shops, markets, cafés, restaurants, coffee shops and fruit stalls have all opened by now, and only the charred windows and walls of the Almaty City Hall and the broken doors and windows of looted shops and department stores serve as the reminder of the recent violence.

The Almaty-based Adil Soz foundation for freedom of speech reported Monday that 11 journalists had been detained and four journalists had been arrested for administrative offenses between Jan. 4 and 12. On Jan. 13, the CSTO troops started pulling out of the city, but they were not seen moving around the city that day or before. Groups of three to four servicemen in heavy military gear patrolling the central streets were locals, as the mandate of some 2,500 troops — mostly from Russia but also from member states Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Tajikistan — was to guard important government buildings and strategic facilities.

The withdrawal completed by this week when the nationwide state of emergency and curfew gradually imposed on Jan. 5 ended.

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