# West waging hybrid campaign against Russia-Kazakhstan ties, senior diplomat says

https://mins.news/en/item/12302

- TASS, 2026-08-03 10:11 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2168385

> Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin says the West is conducting a hybrid campaign against relations between Russia and Kazakhstan. He identifies what he calls unfriendly propaganda as one component of that effort. According to Galuzin, this propaganda argues that the former Soviet states can develop as sovereign and independent countries only by supposedly freeing themselves from dependence on Russia. He presents that claim as part of the campaign.