ALMATY -- As Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompts a global storm of condemnation and sanctions, it is also testing another neighbor, one in which Moscow had military boots on the ground only weeks ago -- Kazakhstan.
Tokayev struggles to avoid angering 'unpredictable' ally -- and his own people
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Russia's Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow on Feb. 10, two weeks before the invasion of Ukraine. © Reuters
ALMATY -- As Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompts a global storm of condemnation and sanctions, it is also testing another neighbor, one in which Moscow had military boots on the ground only weeks ago -- Kazakhstan.