Hanse MinaAug 17, 2024

#Kazakhstan is drawing a new line in its enforcement of sanctions targeting #Russia, vowing to put its own economic interests first as it also deepens trade ties with countries from #Iran to #China.

The Central Asian nation “won’t blindly follow the sanctions” if they affect domestic companies that function as the main employers in their areas, according to Serik #Zhumangarin, Kazakhstan’s deputy prime minister and its minister of trade and integration.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-16/kazakhstan-will-not-blindly-follow-sanctions-on-russia-official-says

#Ukraine

Kazakhstan Will Not ‘Blindly Follow’ Sanctions on Russia, Official Says

Kazakhstan is drawing a new line in its enforcement of sanctions targeting Russia, vowing to put its own economic interests first as it also deepens trade ties with countries from Iran to China.

Bloomberg
Show threadJay
@hanse_mina they're such a hard wedged edge case it's hard to blame them.
Aug 17, 2024 at 4:12amWeb
Show threadGurre VildskäggAug 17, 2024

@jaystephens @hanse_mina
Agreed. Unlike the Baltics or Ukraine they don't really have the option of other neighbours to have shifted most of their trade to since the Soviet Union broke up.

It's not like they're just happy to be part of Moscow's sphere, they're even moving away from using the Cyrillic alphabet!

Show threadJayAug 17, 2024
@Gurre @hanse_mina this. The very fact that they're applying sanctions, but selectively, shows what a tightrope they're waiting.
Show threadranchopolisAug 17, 2024
@jaystephens @hanse_mina
Sucks to high hell to have such a large border with such a toxic and incompetent neighbor.
Show threadJayAug 17, 2024
@ranchopolis @hanse_mina what a neighbourhood.