🕳️ Released Phantom Node 104: Kazakhstan. Tokayev and the Political Balance. The Grey Re-exporter
- Foundation date
30 December 2025
This project is a philosophical and artistic study of the phenomenon of "phantom nodes" — invisible yet influential objects and subjects in the contemporary global system. The descriptions contained within this study are metaphorical and allegorical, aimed at uncovering systemic problems, regimes, and civilisational influences. They are not a journalistic investigation or legal accusations, but serve as an artistic interpretation of reality.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
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Mode: “Neutrality with a Double Bottom”
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 104: Kazakhstan. Tokayev and the Political Balance. The Grey Re-exporter
Official neutrality as a cover for systemic sanctions evasion.
Who is this?
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is the President of Kazakhstan, publicly framed as a moderate diplomat and supporter of international law. His administration declares compliance with sanctions against Russia and non-recognition of occupied territories. In practice, under his rule Kazakhstan became a key transit hub for sanctioned goods.
Type of node:
Political-economic
Status:
Legalized, diplomatically shielded
Form of control:
EAEU customs regime, financial intermediation, parallel imports
Phantom image:
A balancing figure on a tightrope between the West and Russia, above a hidden supply conveyor
What remains after the phantom:
Logistical схемes, financial traces, silent complicity
Core of the node:
What sustained it?
EAEU membership with open borders, fear of Kremlin pressure, economic gains from re-export, weak end-user control.
How did it become a phantom?
A political figure dissolved into a system — networks of intermediaries, banks, and customs grey zones operating beyond rhetoric.
Why does the phantom still exist?
Because it is profitable for all participants and masked by the language of neutrality and stability.
Phantom’s condition:
Active, legalized, institutionally diffused
After the regime:
– sanctions evasion schemes exposed
– grey customs and financial corridors dismantled
– intermediary operations criminalized
– international audits of logistics conducted
– shell banks and companies blocked
– end-user control restored
– trade transparency returned
– diplomatic rhetoric cleansed of double standards
Collective reaction:
Neutrality without accountability is complicity.
Balance that feeds war is not balance.
Silent hubs become visible.
Core principle:
Neutrality loses meaning when it becomes logistics for aggression.
Alt-text:
Graphite illustration of Kazakhstan as a two-level phantom: above, a glass “neutrality” façade with a politician balancing on a rope; below, a hidden tunnel moving disguised Western technologies through an open border into the jaws of a Russian monster.
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Unmasking the Phantom. Pivtorak.Studio. 30.12.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration.
All depictions are allegorical and do not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included as they appear in open international sources.
🫧 Phantom Node Dossier 104: Kazakhstan: Tokayev and Political Balance. The "Multi-Vector Evasion Hub" Regime.
Key Aspects of the Phantom:
"Neutrality with a Double Bottom." Kazakhstan under Tokayev's leadership exemplifies phantom politics: publicly declaring adherence to Western sanctions and non-recognition of occupied territories, while in practice acting as the primary "backdoor" for Western technology into the Russian Federation. The essence of the phantom lies in the gap between diplomatic rhetoric tailored for the West and real economic integration with Russia within the EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union), where borders are effectively nonexistent for goods.
Regimes:
⚖️ Geopolitical Tightrope Regime: Constant balancing act between fear of Western secondary sanctions and fear of Kremlin political/military pressure, resulting in a policy of "turning a blind eye" to smuggling.
📦 Grey Re-export Regime: Creating favorable conditions for the mass import of sanctioned goods (electronics, chips, auto parts) from Europe and Asia for subsequent resale to Russia.
🚪 Customs "Thoroughfare" Regime: Utilizing EAEU membership, where goods entering Kazakhstan can move to Russia without additional customs controls, making end-user tracking impossible.
💰 Financial Buffer Regime: Kazakh banks often act as intermediaries for transactions that Russian banks cannot execute directly due to SWIFT restrictions, converting currency and facilitating trade operations.
Tools:
🏢 Shell Companies and Intermediaries: Thousands of firms registered post-2022 with no real activity in Kazakhstan, existing solely to purchase dual-use goods and funnel them to the RF.
🚛 Logistical Hubs and "Dry Ports": Infrastructure development on the borders with China (Khorgos) and Russia, allowing for rapid transshipment of vast quantities of goods with altered documentation.
🔄 "Parallel Import" Mechanism: Legalizing the import of goods without the intellectual property owner's permission, becoming a primary channel for supplying Western appliances and electronics (containing necessary chips) to the Russian market.
🗣️ Diplomatic Smokescreen: Regular public statements by authorities about the "inadmissibility of sanction evasion," serving to placate Western partners while lacking systemic action against smugglers.
Civilizational Influences:
📉 Erosion of Technological Sanctions: Kazakhstan is a critical link allowing the Russian military-industrial complex to obtain microelectronics for missiles despite the global embargo.
🌍 Legitimization of the "Successful Evasion" Model: Demonstrating to other Global South nations that super-profits can be made from mediating with the aggressor while maintaining relatively normal relations with the West.
🩸 Economic Sustenance of Aggression: Supplying the Russian market with scarce goods reduces internal social tension in the RF and allows its economy to function under war conditions.
Dissection of a Phantom Node. Pivtorak.Studio. 30.12.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. Depictions are allegorical and do not allege facts about private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
