Kazakhstan's quizzles with Russia. Escalation builds up [ANALYSIS]

Kazakhstan is increasingly demonstrating its assertiveness towards the Kremlin. president Zhomart-Tokayev takes the chance of weakening Russia's war in Ukraine to strengthen his position. It besides enables him to fly 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 ruled out.