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[Mikeb85]

The Kazakh president literally asked Russia to send in troops... Pretty sure that qualifies. They're in trade and defense pacts with Russia.

[Jon_Lowtek → Mikeb85]

I see how my comment was badly worded and misunderstandable, my point is to refute the strong undertone that a nation can only ever be allied with one side of a cold war bloc as outdated, overly simplistic and completely missing the actual reality of politics and economics in the region.