Kazakhstan

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Honestly, what will the EU do if northern Kazakhstan "secedes"?

Nothing beyond a diplomatic statement. The EU has enough to "do" closer to home and shows little inclination to be effective in Central Asia. The Baltic states are different.

I am not sure there is such a place as 'Northern Kazakhstan' and having consulted Wikipedia I noted these facts:

In 1989, ethnic Russians were 37.8% of the population and Kazakhs held a majority in only 7 of the 20 regions of the country.

In the 1999 Census there were 4,480,675 Russians (29.9% pop) and in 2009 3,793,764 (23.7% pop).

Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan