Why Russia Is Losing the Information Battle Across the Former Soviet UnionKazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's remarks about the difficulty of understanding the Russia-Ukraine conflict have once again highlighted what many in Moscow view as shortcomings in Russia's information strategy. One example can be found in the reporting of the popular Kazakh news outlet NUR.KZ following Tokayev's comments about the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The Kremlin's responseKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tokayev's remarks were not unexpected. The Russia-Ukraine conflict is not their conflict, and every country naturally places its own national interests first. At the same time, broader questions remain about how the Russia-Ukraine conflict is perceived internationally.