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The deputy of the state Duma, Vyacheslav Nikonov, said that “the territory of Kazakhstan is a great gift from Russia.” Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry said they await “a proper assessment by Russia of such statements.”
Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry invited Russia’s Chargé d’Affaires Alexander Komarov after State Duma deputy Vyacheslav Nikonov said on the air on Channel One that the territory of the republic is a “great gift” for Russia and the USSR. This was announced on December 12 by the press service of the diplomatic department.
Kazakhstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Marat Syzdykov, “expressed bewilderment” regarding Nikonov’s words. Kazakhstan awaits “a proper assessment by Russia of such statements and calls for measures to be taken to prevent further such statements,” the statement said.
December 10 Nikonov, on the air for “Channel One” on the show, dedicated to the anniversary of the signing of the Belovezhskaya agreements, he argued which of the former Soviet republics and countries in the zone of influence of the USSR appeared “thanks to Russia.”
“Kazakhstan did not exist, the north of Kazakhstan was not inhabited at all. [казахи] it existed much further south. And indeed, the territory of Kazakhstan is a great gift from Russia and the Soviet Union. “
Relevant snippet posted “Tengrinews.kz – Kazakhstan News” on the Telegram channel.
The Soviet Union collapsed in December 1991. On December 8, the heads of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine met in Belovezhskaya Pushcha, declared that the USSR was ceasing to exist, and signed an agreement on the creation of the CIS. The document was signed by senior officials and heads of government from three countries: Boris Yeltsin and Gennady Burbulis from the RSFSR, Stanislav Shushkevich and Vyacheslav Kebich from Belarus, Leonid Kravchuk and Vitold Fokin from Ukraine.
As a result of the collapse of the USSR, 15 independent states were formed.
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