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Kazakhstan has essentially broken away from the chain of the Turkic world and has become a zone of Russian influence, Armenian political analyst and expert on U.S. foreign policy Suren Sargsyan said in a Facebook post on Monday.

“The Kazakhstan revolution overthrew the de facto president of the country, [Nursultan] Nazarbayev.

1.Now, if [Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart] Tokayev retains his position (which is quite likely), it is mainly thanks to Russia. It means that from now on Kazakhstan will be dependent on Russia almost as much as Belarus. Incidentally, it's thanks to Russia that Tokayev gained unlimited power and he is the main beneficiary of the revolution at the moment.

2. At least for now, Kazakhstan has essentially broken away from the chain of the Turkic world and has become a zone of Russian influence (see Turkey's positioning regarding the need for a pan-Turkic army).

Naturally, such a situation also mixes up Turkey's cards on the way to forming a neo-Ottoman empire (as evidenced by Turkish-Azerbaijani hysteria).

3. If Russia had lost Kazakhstan, it would have lost the EAEU, because without its initiator and the second EAEU economy, Kazakhstan, this organization could not exist,” the analyst wrote.

He underscored that the unrest in Kazakhstan poses a serious challenge to the implementation of China’s "One Belt and One Road" initiative.

“In this regard, I believe, Russia's actions are fully supported by China in order to stabilize the situation at any cost (see the message of the Chinese leader).

“One thing is clear: it does not matter who raises the revolutionary wave, what matters is who catches this wave promptly at the right time and takes his share,” Sargsyan noted.