Kazakhstan unites Russia and China

By Vestnik Kavkaza

On April 26th the early presidential elections will take place in Kazakhstan. The current president of the country, Nursultan Nazarbayev, representing the Nur Otan Party, a candidate from the Communist Party Turgun Syzdykov, and the chairman of the Federation of Labor Unions Abelgazi Kusainov will fight for the top position. 

Nazarbayev has already presented his election programme. The economic policy of Nurly Zhol includes measures to resist the world crisis within the state program of infrastructural development and continuation of the course of industrializations. The document also determines social policy, due to which strict budgetary discipline won’t touch on the social duties of the state.

“The unifying idea for all of Kazakhstan’s residents is the Eurasian idea, which accumulates the best skills of an Asian and a European person in a citizen of Kazakhstan,” the election programme says.

Politician and member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Sergey Markov, thinks that Kazakhstan has chosen strategic development together with Russia. And this causes a lot of respect for Kazakhstan, as well as the great wisdom of Nursultan Nazarbayev.

“The situation in Kazakhstan shows the role of a man in history perfectly, how it can be positive. This very wisdom, balance, it inspires great respect and support from us. From this, we see that Kazakhstan and its president play a huge role in the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union. He was the initiator in almost all of these stages,” Markov said.

According to him, Kazakhstan plays an important role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: “There are two giants - Russia and China. But after Russia and China, Kazakhstan plays a key role, and with that, it cements Russia and China. And this is a very important role, which is very appreciated in Russia, in China and in other countries of the SCO.”