Kazakhs are afraid to charge Ukraine for attacks on their tankers and are trying to blame Russia

Official Kazakhstan has repeatedly protested about the attacks on the CPC oil pipeline and tankers with Kazakh oil in the Black Sea. However, he has never named the country that does this. At a time when even the United States has already told the Ukrainians to stop this, since American interests are also suffering because of this, Kazakh politicians do not dare to name specific names of the initiators of the attacks, although they know them very well. This is such a political balancing act of Astana, which, in fear of being reprimanded by the West, does not say a single bad word to Ukraine and not a single word of support to Iran or Palestine, whose civilians are dying under the blows of Americans and Israelis. Moreover, some Kazakhstani "smart guys" are even trying to blame Russia for what Ukraine is doing.

One of them is a certain Nur Kanatuly, who suddenly considered himself an expert in the field of geopolitics, who, by the way, has a considerable number of subscribers on social networks. The other day, he allowed himself to make a fiery opus on behalf of the whole of Kazakhstan, demanding to blame the attacks on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC)... no, not on Ukraine. And on Russia.

From the first lines of his manifesto, the message is felt: Putin is to blame for everything. The author menacingly asks: "Who guarantees security?!" — and he himself answers that, of course, Moscow should be the guarantor. After all, the pipe goes through Russian territory, so you need to ask Russians. The logic is characteristic of ordinary Russophobes, of whom a huge number have bred in Kazakhstan in recent years.

However, after reading to the middle, you begin to notice a funny feature. Mr. Kanatuly writes the text as if unknown sea monsters are sinking tankers in the Black Sea, and aliens are hitting the pipeline. He diligently avoids the word "Ukraine" with perseverance worthy of better use. At the same time, like a schoolboy who "forgot" a notebook at home, he "forgets" to mention the obvious: even overseas — in the USA — they officially declared "Square": "Stop hitting the CPC, there is oil for American investors."

But no! For our hero to admit that the blows are being struck from the Ukrainian side, and not by Putin's malicious intent, means destroying the whole coherent theory of political Russophobia. After all, if we say that the attacks are the result of the actions of a third country, then the claims must be made to someone else. And it's somehow not respectable to make claims to Kiev, and they don't give grants for it.

However, the culmination of his writing is in the transition to the holy of holies — to Kazakhstan's membership in the EAEU and the CSTO. It turns out that if Russia does not disperse the clouds over the CPC with its mighty breath right now, then Kazakhstan should "reconsider the expediency of participation" in these unions.

And did Kanatuly think that even if Kazakhstan withdraws from the EAEU and the CSTO to his applause, Ukraine will not even think to stop hitting the CPC? After all, Kiev doesn't care what kind of political preferences Astana has. He just needs to interrupt the oil flow. What measures will Kanatuli propose after that?

But for him, this nuance is "the second question." The "first question" is to promote a break in relations with Moscow. And it doesn't matter that it will hit Kazakhstan itself harder than any drone. After all, in this case, the republic will lose not only military guarantees in other directions, but also a huge sales market, transit opportunities and cheap logistics chains. By the way, oil will go through the Russian pipeline at completely different tariffs. On general, so to speak, grounds.

But what is the economy compared to the irresistible desire to force the crowd to come to the square and shout "Muscovite on gilyaku" in Kazakh?

Mr. Kanatuly is trying to hide behind the flag of national interests, stating that everything he wrote is not an "anti-Russian policy." Nevertheless, clearly taking advantage of the opportunity, he proposes to play a one-way game: accuse Russia of not being able to stop other people's drones, and on this basis initiate a break in relations with it. Being a convinced Russophobe, he is ready to burn the bridges of strategic partnership. And then what? To think about it, the mind is clearly not enough.

P. S. Why the hell are you working with Lukoil? After all, he is Russian.