The atheist – preacher:

Religion and the state have always been the strongest structures in human society. Sometimes they competed with each other, but more often they collaborated.

At the dawn of human history, shaman priests occupied a significant position in the tribal hierarchy, as they allegedly had the ability to communicate with spirits and gods. Most often they did …

Part 8. Language issue.

Correspondent of the “Medusa” edition:

– Mr. President, returning to the relations between Kazakhstan and Russia, please tell me, do you, as the president of the country, feel the growth of anti-Russian sentiment in Kazakhstan, what is happening all over the world now? Are you aware of the activity of the national patriots of Kazakhstan, in …

Part 7. Defense of the country.

Correspondent of the “BBC”:

– Please tell me, Mr. President, even if you take a neutral position towards Russia, do you consider the threat of Russia’s invasion of Kazakhstan to be real? We can see from Mr. Putin’s rhetoric that he sees his mission in the reconstruction of the “great Russian empire”, including as …

Part 6. Between two fires.

CNN correspondent:

– Tell me, Mr. President, isn’t your loyalty to Mr. Putin a payment for the help he gave you in January 2022?

President Tokayev:

– I have already said and I will repeat once again that I am grateful to Mr. Putin for helping to preserve the rule of law and order in …

Part 4. Democratization.

Correspondent of the newspaper “Radio Liberty”:

– Mr. President, what about those hundreds of people who indiscriminately fell under the repressive punishment machine and are now in pre-trial detention centers? People are tortured and forced to confess. You do understand that in those days there were mostly respectable citizens on the square who came to demand changes, …

I recently talked to an Italian friend. He is keenly interested in politics and, in particular, the situation around Ukraine. For him, as for a European, a lot is unclear, so he bombarded me with questions.

– I absolutely do not understand the psychology and logic of Mr. Putin, – he tells me, – here you are, Marat, closer to …

He believes that Ukraine has lost its statehood (and I was naive enough to think that a real war for statehood is going on in Ukraine right now). And he calls the main reason for the refusal of the state status of the Russian language. It turns out that proclaiming the state language of their native language and equating the …

In this life, everything has a price. To get something, you need to give something away.

Millions of fans of Nurlan Saburov were ready to give him their love and recognition. In return, they expected him to act. But he did not commit it, did not condemn the war in Ukraine, and, accordingly, lost millions of fans.

But he got …