President Vladimir Putin has said Kazakhstan's history of independent statehood is scant and its people's desire for closer ties with Russia is profound - a rhetoric reminiscent of Moscow's stance on Ukraine - and inhabitants of Kazakhstan are worried.
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The Moscow Times: Kazakhs worried after Putin questions history of country’s independence
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, May 29, 2014.
