@rah 21 June 2022 more from that month

According to an article on Quora Putin is eyeing up Kazakhstan because it is proving not be too cooperative with Russia and in fact in many ways is working against them. If Putin does move against the Kazakhs the desert will swallow up whole armies further degrading Russia's aggressive potential. At the very least if true it is further downgrading Russia's economy. https://russianinvasionofukraine2022.quora.com/Putin-Threatens-Ex-Soviet-States-With-The-Same-Fate-As-Ukraine-Russian-Kazachstan-Tensions-Rise