Cited in part: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:Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KazakhstanIn 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).
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