Kazakh-Russian (Putin) Relations Chilly

[lordtiberius]

Xulyo said at the Hitler Youth Camp called Stiegler that the Kazakhs were a real country and had no concept of statehood separate from Rooskimir

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/kazakhstan-russian-neighbour-putin-chilly-nationalist-rhetoric

http://thediplomat.com/2014/09/putins-chilling-kazakhstan-comments/

“Kazakhs had never had statehood.” Not Kazakhstanis, the citizens of the country sharing Russia’s longest border, but Kazakhs. The titular ethnicity of the most prosperous nation in Central Asia, apparently unfamiliar with the intricacies and turnings of statehood. Requiring a Russian hand to guide – especially upon Nazarbayev’s departure.

And you wonder why this man has no friends . . .







http://en.itar-tass.com/world/747654
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/kazakhs-worried-after-putin-questions-history-of-country-s-independence/506178.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0fd58e1c-32b7-11e4-b86e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3DK00fJlf
http://rbth.com/news/2014/09/02/challenges_negative_for_kazakhstan_due_to_events_in_ukraine_should_be_pr_39470.html

But hey what do I know?