The sparks that set off these protests in kirgestan's capital city, bishke were corruption, poverty and rising prices. And this is the first time the c s t o actually has intervened. It may have been because there was an element of interethmic violence going on and not wanting to wade into that. Just last year, armenia asked for for support amid border incursions from by jean mand they thought about it,. The alliance took a few months to respond, but ultimately they declined to get involved.