Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Kazakhstan Alexey Borodavkin said that the share of mutual agreements between the two states in national currencies has reached 80 percent. He explained this on the television channel. “Russia 24”.
According to him, by the end of 2023, trade turnover between Russia and Kazakhstan increased by 23%, reaching over 2 trillion rubles. The ambassador emphasized that last year Kazakhstan ranked fifth among the largest trading partners of the Russian Federation.
Borodavkin added that during the existence of independent Kazakhstan, the Russian side invested more than 22 billion dollars in the republic, and when Russian capital coming to the country from offshore regions is taken into account, this figure is around 55 billion dollars.
Before that, the first deputy of the Center for Political Technologies Foundation, Alexey Makarkin statedHe noted that the appointment of Kazakhstan’s new Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov is a positive decision for Russia because his leadership in the government will not change the republic’s relations with Moscow.
According to the political scientist, this was possible, among other things, because the CSTO played a role in the fact that Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev managed to retain power at the beginning of 2022.
Previously Tokayev stated About Kazakhstan’s intention to develop comprehensive cooperation with the Russian Federation.