[janeroe]

Hi user who signed up specifically to leave this comment (which is not suspicious at all). No, they don't. CSTO is for external threats only. To circumvent this limitation the old farts call people taking part in the protest terrorists (this reminds me of something by the way).

[anonair]

They are actually terrorists by definition. I mean those taking over the airport, police stations etc. There are peaceful protesters, but the troops are not after them

[janeroe]

You mean that definition that prescribes hoi polloi to be subservient and sing/dance the way Belorussians did while being literally raped/murdered by the monarch's squad? There are no peaceful ways to stop totalitarianism. And there is nothing sacral about public buildings.

The real terrorists are those who are using army against their own population. Neighboring Kyrgyzstan had multiple revolutions, too. And their army did the right thing every time by not getting involved (except the last one when Kremlin played its part).