Equidistance from Russia: what is behind the Kremlin head’s visit to Kazakhstan

The person behind the visit of the head of the Kremlin to Kazakhstan / Collage 24 Channel

Vladimir Putin visited Kazakhstan. There, the Russian President was unable to pronounce the name and patronymic of the country's President Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev. And he responded by speaking in Kazakh, which greatly embarrassed the Kremlin delegation. But not speaking Russian is the maximum demonstration of equidistance from Russia.

Political scientist Nikolai Davidyuk told Channel 24 , noting that this was a message.

“I talked with Kazakh media people and politicians. They tell a very basic, important story – “new Kazakhstan”. There is no Russia in the new Kazakhstan,” the political scientist emphasized.

That is, in Kazakhstan there is a clear distribution of the period in the country under the rule of ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev and under the current president Tokayev.

They say that in “old Kazakhstan” there is corruption and oligarchs. In particular, the Russians. And the “new Kazakhstan” is a modern state moving into the future with China and France.

Macron has beautifully taken over leadership in Central Asia. When Russia began to attack France in its traditional territories of influence with China, Macron got on a plane and went to take away this “underbelly” of Russia – their zone of influence,” Davidyuk noted.

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Russia loses to France

After this, Vladimir Putin began to “catch up” with the French President and “interrupt.” Like, “don’t listen to Macron, let’s go with Russia.”

“This is truly a demonstration that Russia has begun to lose influence to France in the regions. France is building good ties with China,” the political scientist said.

It is these two countries that can share the post-Soviet legacy of influence in Central Asia. Where Russia once was.

In his opinion, Vladimir Putin, with his visit to Kazakhstan, is trying to catch up with the leadership of Emmanuel Macron, who played up the presence of the aggressor country there.

“Putin is now running after Macron. But Macron is ahead and he is ahead of Putin in his territories,” Nikolai Davidyuk emphasized.

Putin's visit to Kazakhstan

• The head of the Kremlin flew to Kazakhstan on November 8. There he met with the country's President Kasim-Jomart Tokayev. A year later they met for the fifth time. The agenda included, in particular, bilateral cooperation.
• Vladimir Putin once again mispronounced the name and patronymic of the President of Kazakhstan. The Russian President made several attempts, but he still failed. Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev spoke in Kazakh in response. This greatly puzzled the Russians. They were scared and surprised. They had to wear translation headphones.
• Previously, Kazakhstan imposed sanctions against Russia. The country banned the export of 106 goods to the aggressor country. We are talking about high-tech products. The Russians could use them in the war against Ukraine.