The speech of the director of Chocolife Ramil Mukhoryapov at the meeting with the Russians was hotly discussed on social networks. During the meeting, the head of the company said that answering foreigners in Kazakh is "not a reflection of culture". However, he later published a note and he stated that the citizens had misunderstood, the "Adyrna" national portal reported with reference to stan.kz.
In the video, you can see a woman explaining the Kazakh language to citizens from Russia.
"If you are spoken to in Kazakh, not in Russian, this is not aggression. Try to be understanding. There is no need to talk about hatred," he said.
However, interrupting the speech of the speaker, Ramil Mukhoryapov stated that answering in Kazakh "is not a reflection of culture".
"It's okay if a person doesn't really know the Russian language. Because it's a manifestation of nationalism. It's understandable. Yes, but it's not a manifestation of culture," he said.
