Part 6. Between two fires.
CNN correspondent:
– Tell me, Mr. President, isn’t your loyalty to Mr. Putin a payment for the help he gave you in January 2022?
– I have already said and I will repeat once again that I am grateful to Mr. Putin for helping to preserve the rule of law and order in …
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Part 5. The war in Ukraine.
Correspondent of the “Washington Post” newspaper:
– Dear Mr. President, probably the most important issue now for all mankind is the situation around Russia and Ukraine, because many see it as a threat of World War III. In this regard, I would like to know your attitude to this conflict. To be honest, many …
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Part 3. Bloody January.
Correspondent of the newspaper “Current time”:
– Mr. President, in a conversation with you in 2022, I think you understand that we cannot ignore the topic of the January events. Therefore, let me ask a few direct questions on this topic. Tell me, please, so what did happen in January in Almaty?
– In …
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Part 4. Democratization.
Correspondent of the newspaper “Radio Liberty”:
– Mr. President, what about those hundreds of people who indiscriminately fell under the repressive punishment machine and are now in pre-trial detention centers? People are tortured and forced to confess. You do understand that in those days there were mostly respectable citizens on the square who came to demand changes, …
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Part 2. Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Correspondent of the newspaper “Alash”:
– Mr. President, well, the referendum has passed, you have achieved your goal: Nursultan Nazarbayev has lost all immunity to justice. What are your next steps? Will you chase him?
– You know, Nursultan Nazarbayev has done a lot for the country and for me personally: he promoted me …
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Part 1. The referendum.
I had a dream as if the President of Kazakhstan Kassym – Jomart Tokayev was giving an interview to the independent press. The President is sitting in a small office with several journalists from different publications in front of him. They ask questions in a chaotic manner. It is clear that the questions were not prepared …
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Do you know what a terrible thought I realized today?
Here I have a neighbor living in my entrance, a frankly pro-Putin comrade. He has a St. George ribbon in his car, he supports the war in Ukraine on social networks and believes that Russia is defending its interests there before the West, that it was forced, that if it …
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I recently talked to an Italian friend. He is keenly interested in politics and, in particular, the situation around Ukraine. For him, as for a European, a lot is unclear, so he bombarded me with questions.
– I absolutely do not understand the psychology and logic of Mr. Putin, – he tells me, – here you are, Marat, closer to …
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What do I want to say about this event?
I am extremely disappointed that the draft amendments were not submitted for public discussion, people were not given the opportunity to make their suggestions, comments. As a consequence, we see that the project does not reflect the aspirations of many citizens of Kazakhstan, the changes in society that have become obvious …
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He believes that Ukraine has lost its statehood (and I was naive enough to think that a real war for statehood is going on in Ukraine right now). And he calls the main reason for the refusal of the state status of the Russian language. It turns out that proclaiming the state language of their native language and equating the …
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