“Other times on background, officials would mention how they resisted efforts to expand the Eurasian Union and block changes pushed by Moscow that would give it more authority over the bloc and political and economic influence on its members.”
“I recall being told once by a senior Kazakh official a funny story about the great lengths Kazakh diplomats and handlers went to make sure that Nazarbayev didn't have his photo op with Putin by a display for Crimea that Russian diplomats were trying to herd them towards”
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Reid Standish on Twitter: "Other times on background, officials would mention how they resisted efforts to expand the Eurasian Union and block… https://t.co/SufjJ9YnRu"
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