A Russian peacekeeper, right, patrols a hall where Russian citizens wait to board aircrafts of the Russian Aerospace Forces to leave Kazakhstan for Moscow at an airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. The first three aircraft of the Aerospace Forces with the Russians flew from Kazakhstan to Moscow. Three aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces flew from Kazakhstan to Moscow together with the Russians who wished to evacuate. TASS was informed about this by a representative of the Russian peacekeepers. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)