If you demand to be spoken to in Russian in Russia, you are a patriot. If you demand to be spoken to in Kazakh in Kazakhstan, you are a nationalist. If you demand to be spoken to in Russian in Kazakhstan, you are a worthy representative of the Russian world, and we will protect you. If you demand to be spoken to in Kazakh in Russia, you are an arrogant “newcomer.”
Imperialists in Russia look like this: If you insist on speaking Russian in Russia, you are a patriot. You are a nationalist if you want to speak Kazakh in Kazakhstan. If you demand to speak Russian in Kazakhstan, you are a worthy representative of the Russian world, and we will protect you. If you insist on speaking Kazakh in Russia, you are a “foreigner.”
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