Aug 4, 2026

TV host Daniel Tkiie ‪@WorldatStake24‬ and Scott Lucas, professor of international politics, discussed the duration of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Let’s cover a position of Putin’s closest partners and allies. The president of Kazakhstan urged Vladimir Putin during a personal meeting to freeze the war in Ukraine along the current front lines and, moreover, to return to the negotiating position of 2022 during the Istanbul talks. Putin looked really shocked and not really happy about this statement made in front of the Kremlin’s media pool and in front of all Russian citizens. What could this indicate?