Kazakhstan and Russia. The escalation is expanding [ANALYZA]

Kazakhstan is increasingly demonstrating its assertiveness towards the Kremlin. president Żomart-Tokayev takes advantage of the chance of weakening Russia's war in Ukraine to strengthen his position. This besides allows him to travel between Moscow, Ankara and Beijing. However, the Russian-Kazakh confrontation and the country's exit from the Russian sphere of influence is far away, although further escalation cannot be excluded.