School textbooks where Crimea is listed as "subject within the Russian Federation" will be updated, according to the Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science's Committee for Control of Education and Science, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
"Committee members concluded that the geography and world history textbooks...contain [the de facto situation] without value judgment," reads the press release.
Not all facts were taken into consideration while writing the books, the committee declared.
"In particular, the publishing house and authors didn't reflect the official position of Kazakhstan and the world community on the issue of Crimea," the statement adds.
The Ukrainian Embassy in Kazakhstan addressed a note of protest to the government after learning about the content of the school textbooks last week.
In Russia, patriotism and politics can seep into all aspects of life, even children's toys. One small business in Moscow is churning out toy soldiers that pay tribute to the separatist fighters in Ukraine -- and is using some of its profits to contribute to the conflict. (Vadim Kondakov, RFE/RL's Current Time)
