Kazakhstan Ambassador to the Russian Federation Yermek Kosherbaev. File photoMOSCOW, June 1Kazakhstan will not join the sanctions against Russia, Yermek Kosherbayev, the republic's ambassador to Moscow, said. our partnership,» he said on the Russia 24 TV channel. 
Cohesion The Kazakh diplomat stressed that Russia, under any circumstances, remains his country's closest neighbor and most important partner. «Kazakhstan has never participated and will never participate in geopolitical games,» he added. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. In this regard, many Western countries are introducing restrictive measures against Russia. The European Union, for example, has already adopted six consecutive packages of sanctions against the Russian Federation because of the situation in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire world economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people.
