Appointment by the Minister of Information and Public Development of Kazakhstan Ascara Umarov caused an ambiguous reaction in Moscow.
Russian media write that allegedly in recent years Umarov advocated the liquidation of Russian media in Kazakhstan, against the Russian language and in general, all Russian. In addition, the former Deputy Minister of Information and the Head of the Agency Casinform attributes the authorship of the Russophobic quotation. “If a business in Astana is a Russian host, then the service there is disgusting, as if in the scoop, they got in the blood, do they have, or what?” – Allegedly wrote Umarov on Facebook under the nickname Turkmedia.
The minister also suspected in an attempt to make a day of victory. And now, the Russian media will write with nervousness, Umarov will lead the department, in whose missions it is said that it should provide “interfaith and inter-ethnic consent.”
Political scientist Konstantin Kalachev said “MK” that “Now Tokayev is trying to create a wide coalition of various forces around him. And he is very afraid that he will be reproached for the invitation of the CSTO. In his direction, criticism may be sent to that he received legitimacy not from the population of Kazakhstan, but “from the CSTO and Putin” – all this can sound from the mouth of the nationalists. The decision on the appointment of Umarov will stop this criticism for the near future. On the other hand, it is naive to think that Tokayev will refuse multi-vector policies and It will only be focused on Russia … This is a demonstration of independence from Russia – here you thought that I am completely lying to Moscow, but nothing like that and Kazakhstan is above all. For Tokaeva, it is not possible to just listen to the nationalists now … He can’t just arrange cleaning and planning all the nationalists. Probably Tokayev, it seems that the most sensible option is to drag them to your side if not as an allied, then as traveling ” .