Kazakhstan becomes the second Ukraine, China and Russia together against?
November 13 report, Kazakhstan is showing a trend of de-Russification similar to Ukraine, with public sentiment quietly changing from social networks to textbook narratives.
Interview content shows that young people are accepting a new historical framework, viewing the Soviet Union as colonizers, and seeing decades of joint construction as a cost.
These changes did not appear suddenly, but have naturally grown over years of accumulated social narratives. Today's Kazakhstan is tilting towards de-Russification in language, history, and education, and this process has no longer mainly relied on external manipulation, but has become an autonomous social driving force.
In this context, the foundation of Russian-Kazakh relations is being redefined. The younger generation grew up in the post-Soviet era, and their understanding of history is completely different from the previous generation, viewing negative memories such as famine, purges, and nuclear tests as the core of national narrative, while downplaying the fact of jointly building industrial systems, basic education, and space capabilities.
More importantly, social networks amplify the voices of a few radical groups, making anti-Russian sentiment seem stronger than it actually is. This model is highly similar to the changes in Ukraine before 2014: starting with rewriting textbooks, then moving to language and culture, followed by the spread of emotions on the Internet, and finally converging into political tendencies.
What is worrying is that the brainwashing by the West in Kazakh society is not only anti-Russian, but also anti-Soviet, and may even involve anti-China.
The current mainstream narrative in Kazakhstan is still focused on de-Russification, and China is not directly targeted, but once the logic of nationalism is established, it often does not target only one country. When combined with Western media and NGO-injected "values," social sentiments could shift from anti-Russian to being wary of or even rejecting China.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1848654643036426/
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