Russian military forces have evacuated more than 1,400 of its citizens from Kazakhstan over the weekend as political unrest continues to unfold across the central Asian republic, authorities announced on Monday. “The transport aviation planes delivered a total of 1,461 Russian citizens from the Republic of Kazakhstan to Russia,” the Russian Ministry of Defense told a news conference, news agency TASS reported. The federal agency revealed that 1,422 Russians were transported by air to Moscow on Jan. 9, while 14 were flown to Yekaterinburg. A total of 25 tourists who opted to return from Kazakhstan were transported as well. The evacuation order comes amid massive protests in Kazakhstan that descended into violence last week, marking the worst unrest the former Soviet nation has faced since gaining independence 30 years ago. Authorities declared on Monday that Kazakh police detained nearly 8,000 people so far in the unrest that saw 164 people …