Russia will continue to attack as long as it exists within its current borders, says historian Albani

Russia will continue to attack as long as it exists within its current borders, says historian Albani Dasha Ptakhovska

~6 0~p _ngcontent-sc107 class=”news-annotation”>Kazakh historian and publicist Bakhtiyar Albani calls for taking seriously the statements of Russian propagandists about a possible military intervention in the north of Kazakhstan, which they call “primordially Russian lands.”

Albani, who is the nephew of the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Kazakhstan SSR Dinmukhamed Kunayev (in the 1980s he fell out of favor with the Kremlin and was placed under house arrest), said in the Dope Soz podcast that Russia will not stop in its conquests as long as it continues to exist within its current borders.

What the historian warned about regarding Russia's attack on Kazakhstan

We must always keep this in mind and always remember the historical traditions of the Russian state itself, regardless of its system. The Russian empire has always developed extensively, only at the expense of captured territories. There has never been any qualitative growth, – said Albani, answering a question about a possible attack from Russia.

Kazakh historian warns against possible Russian attack on Kazakhstan: watch video

Albani reminded that Russian propaganda in relation to Kazakhstan is doing the same thing it did before the attack on Ukraine – it declared “oppression of the residents of Crimea” and that “they are forcing them to study the Ukrainian language”.

“What happened with the Ukrainian language – they also say about the Kazakh language, that they are forcing, coercing,” Albani explained.

According to him, both before the USSR, and during, and after, Russia constantly invaded and captured new territories. During the Soviet period, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary experienced this, and immediately after the collapse of the USSR, the Kremlin “snatched” Transnistria from Moldova. Albani noted that at that time “there was not a single Putin”.

This trend continued and will continue. After Karabakh, time passes and Georgia, Adjara and South Ossetia happen. Some more time passes and bam – Crimea. Well, the process is ongoing, we can't be blind. We see that the same thing is happening again. And this plan, this idea, has never left the Kremlin. She is sitting there and will sit there forever, as long as the Kremlin regime exists, in its current form, and Russia in its current borders, Albani said.

Albani said that Russia in its current form will attack other countries: watch the video

Recall that on June 18, an attack on opposition Kazakh journalist Aidos Sadykov took place in Kiev. He was shot with a pistol. The police reported that they had identified the perpetrators – they were put on the international wanted list. Sadykov died in hospital two weeks after the attack.