Vladimir Putin thanked the Kazakh president for supporting the Russian language in Kazakhstan MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. Moscow and Astana are discussing intensifying cooperation in the field of personnel training, mining and expanding gas supplies, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Kazakh leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Putin thanked Tokayev for supporting the Russian language in Kazakhstan, noting that Russian-Kazakh humanitarian cooperation has always been intensive.