Tokayev made a loud statement/TASS
< strong _ngcontent-sc88="">Kasim-Jomart Tokayev told Putin that Kazakhstan is not going to recognize the illegal quasi-republics of Donbass. This indicates that the country has long been independent of Russia.
Ilya Kusa, an expert on international politics at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, told Channel 24 about this. He also believes that the “Chinese factor” is also at play here.
I think the Chinese factor is also at play here. Kazakhstan plays a very important role for China and they understand it. Therefore, they have the ability to say what they say,” Kusa said.
And he added that Kazakhstan is no longer dependent on Russia, as it was in the 1990s. The capital of Western countries is also concentrated on their territory: French, American, Italian, as well as Russian, including
“Therefore, they understand their geostrategic transit location in Central Asia and play with this. They understand that in any case, Russia cannot do anything to them, so they are trying to stand out in their foreign policy from other post-Soviet countries,” the expert emphasized.
Therefore, in his opinion, until Russia and Kazakhstan develop any format of coexistence, not according to the “client-patron” scheme, but on equal terms (that is, what Kazakhstan demands), this rivalry between them will only increase.< /p>
Will this confrontation affect the war
An expert on international politics believes that, of course, the Russians would like to expand their military presence in Kazakhstan.< /p>
“Here, I think China will be against any such expansion. Therefore, I think Tokayev's speech was, in particular, a signal from Beijing,” Kusa added.
However, this “misunderstanding” between Russia and Kazakhstan will not particularly affect the invasion of Ukraine, the expert concluded.
Tokayev's latest loud statements to Putin
- into open confrontation with Russian dictator Putin. The “allies”, in whose support they so hoped, began to turn away from Russia.
- Recently, the President of Kazakhstan, right before Putin, refused to recognize the legitimacy of the so-called “DPR” and “LPR”. He openly called them quasi-republics and assured that they would not receive any recognition from Kazakhstan.
- The President of Kazakhstan also believes that the attempts of “certain individuals” in Russia to take credit for “saving Kazakhstan” from the January 2022 protests wrong. He said that no one was going to bow at the feet of the Russians.
- In addition, he reminded Putin's propagandists that a limited contingent of the CSTO had entered Kazakhstan, in which Russia is not even a leader, but simply one of the participants.< /li>
