“Paris eyes deeper cooperation with resource-rich Kazakhstan”
All is said…
This is the kind of stuff that I like to read. EU countries coming deep into Russia’s so-called sphere of influence. Putin and Wagner do mess up the French in Africa, but in return they get to see Kazakhstan distance themselves from them. 👍🇪🇺
*From Bloomberg News reporters Ania Nussbaum and Samy Adghirni:*
After finding itself suddenly unwelcome in its traditional sphere of influence, France is casting further afield.
That’s why president Emmanuel Macron will travel to energy-rich Central Asia this week to visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, two suppliers of the uranium that powers the country’s nuclear reactors.
The trip aims to boost France’s energy security, according to two people familiar with the French president’s thinking, who declined to be named when discussing matters of diplomacy. These efforts are in keeping with a wider European effort to diversify away from the Russian fossil fuels on which the bloc was formerly so reliant.
I freaking hate practically everything he does and says.
But well, don’t take me seriously. I really can’t stand almost all the french people I’ve met.
Welcome to the A.C.F : Asie Centrale Française
Excellent news. Nothing shows how obsolete concepts such as ” (insert country here)’s backyard ” or “spheres of influence ” or whatever better than coming in to an area you had kept yourself out of for centuries to buy resources.
And in all seriousness it’s just a consequence of Russia losing both it’s international standing and ability to keep it’s enemies out of “it’s ” territory by military means. That’s partly why the invasion of Ukraine will be considered one of the greatest geopolitical blunders in history regardless of where exactly the border sits when the war ends.
Kazakhstan greatest country in the world
The pro-russian phrasing of “putin’s backyard” for countries such as Kazakhstan is bad.
The russians do not deserve any “sphere of influence” over those countries because their country is a backwater wannabe empire ruled by genocidal thugs.
Kazakhstan is Kazakhstan and that’s where Marcon landed, not some “putin’s backyard”.
I clicked on this article in the vain hope it was literal. Like he parachutes into the garden Putin has at his bunker and just asking random passers by if they want to be his friend and give him uranium. The poor man must be extremely lonely.
Such a stupid headline😐
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are independant countries as far as I know, we don’t need Russia’s approval to ask them for trade agreements.
Kazakhstan with its President (more or less dictatorship/oligarchy) Toqayev in the last years have began to distance themself from Russia. Especially after the invasion of Ukraine.
But since the invasion, Toqayev basically made a u-turn regarding Russia, kicked the Russian army out and even kicked the old presidents family members out of their advisory role in government, which were all quite pro-Russian.
If only there were alternatives to Uranium fueled power plants …
Holy shit, is that title horrible. Kazakhstan is not Putin’s backyard.
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“Paris eyes deeper cooperation with resource-rich Kazakhstan”
All is said…
This is the kind of stuff that I like to read. EU countries coming deep into Russia’s so-called sphere of influence. Putin and Wagner do mess up the French in Africa, but in return they get to see Kazakhstan distance themselves from them. 👍🇪🇺
*From Bloomberg News reporters Ania Nussbaum and Samy Adghirni:*
After finding itself suddenly unwelcome in its traditional sphere of influence, France is casting further afield.
That’s why president Emmanuel Macron will travel to energy-rich Central Asia this week to visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, two suppliers of the uranium that powers the country’s nuclear reactors.
The trip aims to boost France’s energy security, according to two people familiar with the French president’s thinking, who declined to be named when discussing matters of diplomacy. These efforts are in keeping with a wider European effort to diversify away from the Russian fossil fuels on which the bloc was formerly so reliant.
I freaking hate practically everything he does and says.
But well, don’t take me seriously. I really can’t stand almost all the french people I’ve met.
Welcome to the A.C.F : Asie Centrale Française
Excellent news. Nothing shows how obsolete concepts such as ” (insert country here)’s backyard ” or “spheres of influence ” or whatever better than coming in to an area you had kept yourself out of for centuries to buy resources.
And in all seriousness it’s just a consequence of Russia losing both it’s international standing and ability to keep it’s enemies out of “it’s ” territory by military means. That’s partly why the invasion of Ukraine will be considered one of the greatest geopolitical blunders in history regardless of where exactly the border sits when the war ends.
Kazakhstan greatest country in the world
The pro-russian phrasing of “putin’s backyard” for countries such as Kazakhstan is bad.
The russians do not deserve any “sphere of influence” over those countries because their country is a backwater wannabe empire ruled by genocidal thugs.
Kazakhstan is Kazakhstan and that’s where Marcon landed, not some “putin’s backyard”.
I clicked on this article in the vain hope it was literal. Like he parachutes into the garden Putin has at his bunker and just asking random passers by if they want to be his friend and give him uranium. The poor man must be extremely lonely.
Such a stupid headline😐
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are independant countries as far as I know, we don’t need Russia’s approval to ask them for trade agreements.
Kazakhstan with its President (more or less dictatorship/oligarchy) Toqayev in the last years have began to distance themself from Russia. Especially after the invasion of Ukraine.
Shortly before, Kazakhstan needed Russian troops to fight an [uprising](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Kazakh_unrest).
But since the invasion, Toqayev basically made a u-turn regarding Russia, kicked the Russian army out and even kicked the old presidents family members out of their advisory role in government, which were all quite pro-Russian.
If only there were alternatives to Uranium fueled power plants …
Holy shit, is that title horrible. Kazakhstan is not Putin’s backyard.
The Clintons used to have loads for sale.