Nursultan Nazarbayev explained why Kazakhstan did not recognize Republic of Crimea Russian

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After a referendum about the status Republic of Crimea the power Kazakhstan did not support the Ukrainian party, the leader of the nation and the first President of Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev reported. But also to recognize Republic of Crimea Russian Kazakhstan did not become as then it should recognize a number of the self-proclaimed states. "We did not recognize Republic of Crimea Russian because then it was necessary to recognize Ossetia, Abkhazia, Kosovo. Kosovo too asks that we recognized" — mister Nursultan Nazarbayev in interview for the movie "told Qazaq. History of the gold person" William Oliver Stone. But also then Kazakhstan did not support the Ukrainian party, Nursultan Nazarbayev noted...