Posted on 11/17/2023 10:14:10 PM PST by Cronos
Kazakhstan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, hosted routine talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Astana on November 9. At the customary, post-meeting press conference, Tokayev said little that was new, yet his delivery marked a notable departure from the past. He opened his remarks in Kazakh, not Russian.
Tokayev’s rhetoric included the usual platitudes concerning the strength of bilateral relations, which he said were underpinned by “unshakable values of mutual respect and trust.” He went on to “confirm Kazakhstan is committed to the strategic direction of further strengthening comprehensive cooperation with Russia.” But in making top Russian officials in attendance, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, reach for their translation devices, Tokayev sent a clear signal to the Kremlin: the dynamics of the relationship are shifting as the Ukraine war plays out. Russia needs to actually respect Kazakhstan’s sovereignty, in deeds not just words, and adjust its imperial mindset.
Putin likely rankled his host by mispronouncing the Kazakh president’s name on several occasions in Astana, at one point calling him “Kemel Jomartovich.” It was not the first such flub for Putin, who previously has called Tokayev – whose patronymic is Kemeluly (or Russified, Kemelovich) – “Kemel Jomartovich,” as well as mangling the Kazakh president’s patronymic in a variety of other ways, Tokayev’s use of Kazakh may have been his way of offsetting Putin’s disses with a diss of his own.
Tokayev has walked a fine diplomatic line during the Ukraine war, striving to keep both the West and Russia satisfied. While repeatedly striving to reassure Russia that Kazakhstan is a good neighbor, he has told Western leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, that Kazakhstan is committed to enforcing economic sanctions against Russia.
Putin doesn’t draw conclusions from his mistakes. He has tried to be arrogant, disrespectful, threatened neighbours, invaded neighbours.
Russia then wonders why no one wants to be part of their “sphere of influence”.
Putin looked like a lost old man when he was mis-pronouncing Tokayev’s name
Plus with his paranoia, we really gotta wonder about his mental health, all those years of taking roids appear to have messed up his mind
I wonder if we will ever be able to refer to someone as Bidenesque or Putinesque?
This thread is about Kazahkstan, not Canada
try to stay on topic
Decline in Russian power and influence.
Good, stay far away
We’re a better country without you
No worries...the front is coming to him.
>>>No worries...the front is coming to him<<<
Cronos lives in Poland, the same place that President Trump moved the European headquarters of V Corps to when he reactivated it to defend NATO against Russia.
The question is more when you are getting your draft papers for your Russian army.
I’m not Ukrainian.
Not a chance Ivan. Your troops have been crushed by the Ukrainians themselves.
Regarding the “Is Putin dead?” question. I wonder if this Putin has stumbled over the Khazak leaders name in past visits or if this is a new development. If the visits there have only been by Putin substitutes, or if this was possibly the first such visit and new mistakes, it could hint at the Putin death question.
If the visits there have only been by Putin substitutes, or if this was possibly the first such visit and new mistakes, it could hint at the Putin death question.
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it was the Double who does all events, as Putin has been too sick and paranoid to leave his safe spaces.
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