Tokayev denied the reduction of the status of the Russian language in the new constitution of Kazakhstan

The status of the Russian language in the draft of the new constitution of Kazakhstan does not decrease. This was stated on March 12 by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the III Republican forum of deputies of maslikhats.

"The very fact of the publication of the text of the new constitution in Kazakh and Russian, which have the same legal force, as an official document speaks volumes, and it does not need comments, and even more so it does not need excuses," Tokayev said.

He also urged not to throw tantrums about the allegedly belittled status of the Kazakh language, stressing that young people are quite capable of speaking three or four languages.

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