'Wow, huge move. Just shows weakening grip across region of Russia,' said economist Timothy Ash of comments by Kazakhstan's president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Relations between Kazakhstan and Russia, have deteriorated since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
Kazakhstan, which shares a 7,500-kilometer border with Russia, is a former Soviet state in Central Asia and Moscow's nominal ally in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization . "Kazakhstan has unambiguously stated that it will follow the sanctions regime," Tokayev said following talks during an official visit to Berlin to meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
From left, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin are seen in St. Petersburg, Russia, on December 26, 2022. Tokayev has said his country won't help Russia circumvent Western sanctions imposed over Putin’s war in Ukraine."We have contacts with the relevant organizations to comply with the sanctions regime, and I think there should not be any concerns on the German side about possible actions aimed at circumventing the sanctions regime," he said.
"Wow, huge move. Just shows weakening grip across region of Russia because of Putin's idiotic invasion of Ukraine. He lost Armenia in recent weeks on Russia's inability to help in [Nagorno-Karabakh]," he said in a post on X, formerly known as
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