As a scholar of post-Soviet Ukraine, Russia’s involvement in Kazakhstan looks very familiar to me.It’s similar to what happened in Ukraine beginning in 2014, when peaceful protesters were met ...

On February 26 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, people gathered at a planned rally to protest chronic air pollution. But the many blue and yellow flags underscored another issue on everyone’s mind: Ukraine.

The allowing of a rally in support of Ukraine contrasts sharply with the lack of permission granted last month for a rally to commemorate the victims of the January unrest in Kazakhstan.

But while the crisis in Kazakhstan and Russia’s intervention through the CSTO may draw Moscow’s attention away from Ukraine, it may only be temporary, says Paul Stronski, a former director for ...

Kazakhstan, one of Russia's closest allies, has seemingly snubbed it since it invaded Ukraine. It has not openly criticized the Ukraine war, but has distanced itself, drawing Russian ire. The US ...

But, as the Ukraine war has progressed, Kazakhstan has increasingly shown greater independence from Moscow than many expected. In addition to not recognizing the Moscow-backed separatist entities ...

Vrublevsky, left, being summoned for consultations in Astana in August with Deputy Foreign Minister Yermukhambet Konuspayev. (Photo: Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry) Kazakhstan hit back at Russia on ...

Northern Kazakhstan is home to a sizable Russian minority. The similarities between Kazakhstan and Ukraine are blinding: both are post-Soviet states sharing long borders with Russia, with large ethnic ...

This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent forces into Kazakhstan to provide support to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s autocratic government amid violent protests that erupted over ...

In light of China’s support for Putin during the Ukraine crisis, the cost-benefit analysis is more significant for Chinese interests than any perceived threat to Russia is.

Looking at the neighborhood around Kazakhstan on a spinning globe, the Central Asian nation's foreign minister sees both partnerships and peril in the form of the Russian-Ukraine crisis and the ...

Russia’s decision to send paratroopers into Kazakhstan, where a crackdown on violent anti-government protests has left dozens dead, injects additional uncertainty into upcoming talks over a ...