Kazakh prosecutor warns people against being recruited into Russian military for Ukraine war
From Maria Kostenko
A prosecutor in Kazakhstan has warned that efforts to recruit Kazakhs to join the Russian military are unconstitutional and illegal.
The Prosecutor’s Office of the Kostanay region said in a statement Thursday that “attempts to recruit [the] local population to the territory of the Russian Federation to participate in the armed conflict in Ukraine have been recorded in our region. Such actions are prohibited by the Constitution of Kazakhstan as well as universally recognised international legal documents to which our country is a party.”
The statement continued: “In order to ensure public safety, protect the rights and freedoms of citizens, and prevent any destabilisation of the social and political situation, we urge you not to respond to such provocative statements and appeals in the media and social networks.”
Some key context: Such official statements are unusual in Kazakhstan, which has tried to retain historically close relations with Russia without getting involved in the conflict. Last year, thousands of Russian men trying to avoid military mobilization crossed into Kazakhstan.
The prosecutor said that social media platforms included “calls for the participation of citizens of Kazakhstan in the conflict, deliberately provocative statements and deliberately false information with indications of inciting ethnic hatred, insulting the national honor and dignity of citizens of both sides.”
The statement said that “the intentional unlawful participation of a Kazakh citizen in military actions in a foreign country, as well as intentional actions aimed at inciting ethnic hatred, public calls for violations of the integrity of Kazakhstan, the inviolability and inalienability of its territory, using the media or telecommunications networks are criminal offences.”
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