Nazarbayev told Oliver Stone why he did not recognize Crimea Russian

Kazakhstan did not recognize the Crimea part of Russia in 2014, since then the country would also have to recognize South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Kosovo. ” About this in an interview with the American journalist Oliver Stouna, the first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev said.

At the same time, he noted that Kazakhstan then did not support the Ukrainian side.

“All this arose due to the coup, which happened in Kiev. I love Ukraine, I studied there and worry about what is happening,” said the first president of Kazakhstan.