In Kazakhstani courts, high-profile cases periodically arise where one person accuses another of slander. And often, the courts issue guilty verdicts, resulting in the convicted having to pay huge fines, and sometimes even going to prison. Many are shocked by this. But there’s no need to be surprised. That’s our law. You can go to jail for words. By and …
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If you demand to be spoken to in Russian in Russia, you are a patriot. If you demand to be spoken to in Kazakh in Kazakhstan, you are a nationalist. If you demand to be spoken to in Russian in Kazakhstan, you are a worthy representative of the Russian world, and we will protect you. If you demand to be …
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Nationalism is love for one’s nationality, the desire to develop a culture and language, to honor its history.
I respect healthy nationalism, regardless of where it comes from. If a Russian Kazakhstani speaks their native language, reads Pushkin and Dostoevsky, plays the balalaika, or celebrates Maslenitsa, I see nothing wrong with it. If a Kazakh of Chechen nationality speaks Chechen, …
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It seems to me that some of our women have a one-sided understanding of emancipation, i.e., equality of men and women in rights.
For example, some women do not yet have children or already have grown-up children and do not work, spend their time visiting beauty salons, shopping, and meeting with friends; in general, they parasitize on their husband’s income, …
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I often encounter situations at work where people are tempted to lie to their boss, colleague, or client.
A typical example: a subordinate fails to complete something at work, and when the boss asks, they, out of fear, say, “Yes, I did it,” hoping to fix the situation before the boss checks it themselves. And then, to cover up one …
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Recently, for the first time in many years, I received a reprimand.
In one establishment, I tried to pass through a narrow corridor from which a woman was exiting. The woman looked at me with a displeased expression and said to me, “Sir, where are you rushing to? Let me calmly exit.”
In that moment, I caught myself thinking that …
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Praying to God is useless. No one will send rain from the sky…
Droughts and floods will still periodically occur on our land.
But what is not useless, and what is in our hands, is being prepared for emergencies. Therefore, instead of praying, we should demand from the authorities the allocation of funds for maintaining security systems, such as space …
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Once I was struck by one incident in Petropavlovsk. I was in the company of local young guys. We discussed some international football championship. One of them says: “We need to win one more game, and then we’ll leave the group.” I was surprised: “How to win? We have already lost everything and do not go anywhere.” …
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I’ve noticed an interesting pattern: the flexibility of a person’s body is directly related to the flexibility of their character.
For example, I have a friend who seems like he swallowed a stick. He has a slim and straight body, but it’s difficult for him to bend, lean, or twist: his torso seems to be frozen. His character is the …
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Human behavior is based on two basic instincts inherent in it genetically. This is the survival instinct and the reproduction instinct.
Whatever a person does in his life, all his actions, feelings, emotions are based on these two instincts that help him survive and continue his kind, that is, serve his personal interests, his “ego”. A person’s selfishness is the …
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