Patrushev was counting on military assistance, as Russia supported Astana during the riots in Kazakhstan

This mutiny by the head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has broken some of the Kremlin's seemingly close alliances with other countries that the Russian regime was counting on in the event of a violent seizure of power in Moscow. As Russian President Vladimir Putin fled the escalating situation, hiding in his country house, National Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev took charge of the situation. He made numerous phone calls trying to gain support and cooperation from the CIS countries, contacting the governments of Kazakhstan and Belarus in particular.

Patrushev's call to Kazakhstan was important, as it was aimed at securing possible military assistance, especially given Russia's support for Kazakhstan during the mass protests in 2022. Because of this, Kazakhstan might have shown active resistance if not for the intervention of the Russian armed forces, which restrained the Wagner mercenaries. However, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, appears to have refused to participate in the negotiations and refrained from intervening in the conflict.

The information that Kazakhstan refused to participate in the talks and that President Tokayev distanced himself from the conflict has been denied by the Kazakh government, which has identified it as untrue. At the same time, the Kremlin refused to comment on the details of the article, calling it "tabloid reading".