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Another ally appeared to turn its back on Moscow on Thursday when Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said his country would not help Russia circumvent Western sanctions imposed over Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.
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 (CSTO).
"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.
"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.
Newsweek has contacted Russia's Foreign Ministry for comment via email.
Timothy Ash, an economist and associate fellow in the Russia and Eurasia program at British think tank Chatham House, said the statement was significant and shows Moscow is losing influence.
"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 Twitter.
Tokayev also renewed Kazakhstan's call for negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv to end the war.
Putin has turned Russia in the Rodney Dangerfield of world diplomacy; it just can't get no respect from anyone.
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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 (CSTO).
"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.
"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.
Newsweek has contacted Russia's Foreign Ministry for comment via email.
Timothy Ash, an economist and associate fellow in the Russia and Eurasia program at British think tank Chatham House, said the statement was significant and shows Moscow is losing influence.
"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 Twitter.
Tokayev also renewed Kazakhstan's call for negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv to end the war.
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Putin has turned Russia in the Rodney Dangerfield of world diplomacy; it just can't get no respect from anyone.
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