The language situation in Kazakhstan and the functioning of Russian language

At present the language situation, formed in the former USSR, enable to divide the country into two groups, the situations in which differ from each other radically. In one group the Russian language is widely presented and is practically used as the second language. It is the language of majority population – Ukraine, Byelorussia and Kazakhstan. In the second group all the remaining countries of former USSR, the Russian language is not practically used, though in the very group one can distinguish another sub-group of countries, in which the population is aspiring to learn Russian only because of economic reasons