TG Channel Crimean Wind had a take on the Putin | Tokayev press conference in Omsk on 25 July 2026 that I want to share.
Background: x.com/UKikaski/status/208100…
They point out that Kassym-Jomart Tokayev:
• Graduated from MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of International Relations).
• He has 50+ years of diplomatic experience dating back to 1975.
• He holds a Ph.D. in History and a Doctor of Diplomatic Sciences.
• He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1994-1999, 2002-2007).
• He was Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1999-2002).
• He was Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva (2011-2013).
• He was Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2013-2019) and served as an Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador.
• He has been the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan since March 20, 2019.
So when he tells Putin to his face during a live press conference that “The nature of this conflict (his war in Ukraine) is unclear,” Tokayev is openly dismissing every lie, excuse and provocation Putin and his surrogates ever used to justify it.
#OSINT #UkraineOSINT Intuit™ (@UKikaski)𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬…
Sitting alongside Putin today at the 22nd Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum in Omsk, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev suggested publicly that Putin let go of the Alaska summit and return to the Istanbul format, continuing the war is beneficial to Russia’s opponents, the nature of the conflict remains unclear to most people, the fighting must be stopped (“all this must stop”), and he should freeze the war with the cooperation of other world powers.
If the master of geopolitics could rip the arm off that chair, he would. The look on his face is priceless.
#OSINT #Russia
Video
— https://x.com/UKikaski/status/2081005467040440508