Russia's defence ministry said all its troops returned home after completing their assigned tasks.
The withdrawal comes only a week after the troops were deployed to the ex-Soviet nation on the request of its president, who was seeking to quell extremely violent mass protests over a hike in gas prices.
Kazakh leader asks local authorities to make his birthplace and former capital Almaty "look even better than before" after days of violent clashes between police and rioters damaged the city.
Tehran is wary of destabilisation in Central Asia, which could pose a threat to its economic and national security.
The CSTO mission of more than 2,000 troops was despatched at the peak of the crisis in the Central Asian country last week, after deadly clashes between protesters and security forces.
While both countries compete for influence over the Kazakh establishment, they are on the same page when it comes to opposing a colour revolution in Astana.
Kazakhstan President Tokayev has accused foreign fighters from Central Asian countries and the Middle East of striving to create a "zone of controlled chaos" in his country.
Secretary Blinken has said Kazakhstan has the capacity to deal with the protests which is why it "is not clear" of a need for foreign troops coming in for help.
Kazakhstan's President Tokayev said there would be no negotiations with protesters after days of unrest, vowing to destroy "armed bandits" who had attacked the country.
President Tokayev urges Collective Security Treaty Organisation, a regional military alliance, to help against "foreign-trained terrorist gangs" who he says were seizing buildings, infrastructure and weapons amid widespread unrest.
Collective Security Treaty Organisation or CSTO, which includes three Central Asian nations with borders with Afghanistan, says its members have no plans to host Afghan refugees amid political and security crisis.
Baku dismisses Yerevan's accusations that it was laying "siege" to a lake on their border, calling such claims "provocative."
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