They could do that because Kazakhstan doesn’t make them much, if any, money. This amounted to cheap good will marketing.
If this were the EU or US, and Google risked losing access to that market, they would comply. Way too much money on the table.
If this were the EU or US, and Google risked losing access to that market, they would comply. Way too much money on the table.
They don't employ (many) people here, don't pay a lot of taxes and generally don't do much cooperating on their own.
They can offer literal briefcases of money to politicians but, in General, that is not the way the EU works.