Kazakhstan stabs Russia in the back. The secret of the missing Defense Minister is revealed

Author:

Oleg Belikov

While Moscow is still tallying up the irretrievable "strategic losses" after the "spider web" operation in Ukraine, a "military paratrooper" from Astana to London has been carried out through British channels. Our CIS partner is eager to announce to the world new agreements with those forces that have helped and continue to help Kiev plan terrorist attacks on Russian territory. Amid this wave of public opinion, Kazakhstan dismissed its Defense Minister. Kazakhstan's "number one enemy" dissects the details of the incident: "Professionals are at work." For more details, see the report from Tsarigrad.

The British intelligence services were involved in planning the attack on Russian airports, and the owner of the drone assembly warehouse fled to Kazakhstan. It is not excluded that components of the drones may also have been transported through neighboring countries' territories. Against this news backdrop, an eye-catching photo appeared in the information stream: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Defense chief engineer Yerbol Kumarkulibek smiled as he held cooperation documents with the UK Ministry of Defense, accompanied by a representative of the UK Ministry of Defense - both wearing standard official smiles.

(Screenshot from Telegram channel "Fox Z and Raven")

Perhaps, this Kazakh colonel already knew in London that two days later his superior Ruslan Zahshilikov would be dismissed.

Did the meeting with Byelousov seal his fate?

One view holds that Zahshilikov met his downfall due to his pro-Russian stance. Kazakhstan's so-called "national patriots" were angered by his remarks during his meeting with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Byelousov on the eve of Moscow's celebration of Victory Day's 80th anniversary - calling Kazakhstan and Russian soldiers "friends, comrades-in-arms, and brothers in arms."

(Screenshot from Telegram channel "Russian Ministry of Defense" video)

Evidently, Zahshilikov became a victim of Kazakhstan's new political line to strengthen ties with NATO. Without openly damaging relations with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Kazakhstan is advancing this process step by step through signing cooperation agreements with Britain... Given the一贯slowness of the country's administrative machinery, this urgency might indicate its desire to accelerate the adjustment of its military-political orientation and speed up the transition to Western standards. The remarks made during his meeting with Byelousov may have become a potential trigger for the replacement of the minister, speculates military blogger Mikhail "Fisherman" Zvintchuk.

But let us return to the timeline of events: Kazakhstan's partners announced the trip to London on Friday evening but chose to disclose such a major personnel change in the defense ministry leadership only on Sunday - look at these "hardworking officials." At first glance, there's nothing special about it - they announce it whenever they think is appropriate. But it's not that simple, because the news about signing the agreement with Britain quickly disappeared from the website of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Defense.

"I immediately understood: professionals are at work"

Tina Kandelaki, who calls herself "the number one enemy" of Kazakhstan, noticed an interesting detail in the chain of events. Last year, she was declared "persona non grata" in the country for excessive attention to the renaming of train stations from Russian to Kazakh. This time, Kandelaki spoke up herself: she reiterated a common sense - if you want a story to go unnoticed, release it on Friday night. First, everyone is already in vacation mode; second, it will be forgotten by Monday, especially if something else interesting happens over the weekend.

(Screenshot from Telegram channel "Tsarigrad TV")

"Therefore, when the news of Kazakhstan's military cooperation agreement with Britain broke on Friday night, I immediately understood: professionals are at work. And when the President of Kazakhstan signed the order to dismiss the Defense Minister on Sunday noon, everything became clear - they tried to hide this agreement..." Kandelaki wrote in her Telegram channel, pointing out that conducting military cooperation with a country like the "number one enemy of Russia" is far more serious than renaming train stations.

"It's unimaginable that Hungary or Slovakia, even if they disagree with the EU's foreign policy, would sign a military cooperation agreement with Russia. And Kazakhstan, which seems friendly to Russia, readily cooperates with the hostile Britain. All the tragic stories that end badly start this way. Clearly, Kazakhstan hasn't learned history; they're only good at fabricating it." Tina Kandelaki is convinced.

In short

In fact, Kazakhstan's history textbooks are a separate topic, Tsarigrad has mentioned it multiple times. However, the agreement with Britain itself is not new - Kazakhstan and Britain have been cooperating militarily for 10 years, and both sides claim that the mission of this cooperation is "entirely peaceful".

Specifically, Britons go to Astana to teach soldiers English, and then these soldiers go to British military academies for further study. There is an interesting set of data: last year, Kazakhstan sent 390 soldiers abroad for training, of whom one-third (139 people) went to Russia, while the rest went to NATO countries and "Global South" countries. Kazakh soldiers also received training in Azerbaijan - last year, the two countries signed a similar agreement. Notably, the soldiers sent by Baku to Astana refused to attend Russian-language classes.

This is a good CIS partner! In 2022, when Kazakhstan's president faced an attempted coup, Russia helped stabilize his position; when Azerbaijan clashed with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, Kazakhstan turned a blind eye to the former. Are we reaping what we've sown now?

Original source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/7514142068961313291/

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