Russian President Vladimir Putin called the unrest in Kazakhstan "an attack on the country" and "an act of aggression" masterminded from abroad. Speaking on Monday at an extraordinary virtual summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Russia-led military alliance of six former Soviet states, Putin said the events in Kazakhstan "are not the first and not the last attempt at interfering in the internal affairs of our states from the outside." The authorities in Kazakhstan said Monday that nearly 8,000 people were detained by police during protests that descended into violence last week and marked the worst unrest the former Soviet nation has faced since gaining independence 30 years ago. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday described the events of last week as a “terrorist aggression" against the country and dismissed reports of the authorities fighting peaceful demonstrators as “disinformation.” The country’s Health Ministry said Sunday that 164 people, including three children, were killed in the unrest. Kazakh authorities declared a state of emergency over the unrest, and Tokayev requested help from the CSTO. The group authorized sending about 2,500 mostly Russian troops to Kazakhstan. Putin said peacekeepers were deployed in Kazakhstan for a limited time and would leave the country after completing their mission. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko called for strengthening the CSTO and acting without "looking at the West." "Figuratively speaking, we shouldn't be unnecessarily ashamed in this regard, looking at the West, America or some other states," he said at the summit. "If we look sharply around, we will break our neck." Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to our newest channel Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake