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Iran, world powers seek to intensify nuclear talks Iran and world powers kicked off a new round of nuclear talks Tuesday hoping to make enough progress to move up a gear and start drafting a historic final deal next month.

08 April 2014

Americans confuse Ukraine and Kazakhstan on world map Most Americans do not know how to locate Ukraine on the world map, while at the same time support use of U.S. military forces in the country.

08 April 2014

Pro-Russians declare Ukraine's Donetsk independent Ukraine was threatened with disintegration Monday as pro-Kremlin militants seized government buildings in the eastern city of Donetsk, declared independence and vowed to vote on joining Russia.

08 April 2014

President-turned-artist Bush tells of 'tense' Putin relations Former US president George W. Bush said relations with Vladimir Putin grew "increasingly tense" during his White House years, as he unveiled his portraits of world leaders, including the Russian head of state.

07 April 2014

Russia seeks over $11 bn in 'debt' from Ukraine: Gazprom Chairman of Russia's Gazprom Alexei Miller on Saturday said that Ukraine must pay back the full discount it has been granted on Russian gas over the past four years, worth $11.4 billion.

05 April 2014

Russia probes cheese factory after workers photographed bathing in milk Russia on Friday launched a criminal investigation into breaches of hygiene at a cheese factory after footage of bare-chested workers bathing in vats of milk went viral on the Internet.

04 April 2014

Kazakh Spring Beauty selected Moscow Moscow Koktemi-2014 contest was held in Moscow to select the most beautiful Kazakh girl. Moldir Zhusupova from Almaty became the winner.

04 April 2014

Russia rebukes Germany for minister's 'Hitler comparison' The Russian foreign ministry on Thursday issued a complaint to the German ambassador after a German minister reportedly drew parallels between Moscow's annexation of Crimea and Hitler's actions in 1938.

04 April 2014

Aktau selects Miss Mangistau 2014 The most beautiful girl of Mangistau Oblast has been chosen in Aktau. Aliya Bekishova won the title of Miss Mangistau-2014.

04 April 2014

Moscow threatens US retaliation over blocked funds transfer Moscow on Wednesday threatened retaliatory action against US diplomats after US bank JP Morgan blocked a transfer of funds carried out by a Russian envoy.

02 April 2014

No joke as 'Russian Facebook' founder resigns amid dispute The founder of Russia's top social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, on Wednesday said he has resigned as chief executive in a bitter conflict with a major shareholder, a dramatic announcement some initially saw as an April Fool's joke.

02 April 2014

'Letters to father' deepen Uzbek first daughter mystery The appearance of rambling letters said to have been written by Uzbekistan's once all-powerful first daughter Gulnara Karimova has heightened the mystery over her astonishing fall from grace in the ex-Soviet state.

02 April 2014

Russian forces 'gradually withdrawing' from Ukraine Ukraine reported a gradual withdrawal of Russian troops from its border that may be linked to Washington's latest push for a diplomatic solution to the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.

01 April 2014

Gazprom ups pressure on Ukraine with gas price rise Russian energy giant Gazprom on Tuesday announced it was raising the price of gas exports to Ukraine by more than a third, scrapping a previous discount amid mounting strains between the two countries.

01 April 2014

Kazakhstan Foreign Minister to visit Russia Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov will pay an official visit to Russia.

01 April 2014

Ukraine boxer Klitschko drops out of presidential race Boxer turned opposition leader Vitali Klitschko dropped out of Ukraine's snap presidential polls to help the candidacy of a charismatic tycoon who made a fortune selling chocolates and backs closer Western ties.

31 March 2014

Kazakhstan calls Ukraine not to continue confrontation Kazakhstan abstained from voting at the UN General Assembly and Ukraine sent it a diplomatic note.

30 March 2014

Putin has 'no intention' of further military moves into Ukraine: Ban The UN secretary general said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin assured him he had no intention of orchestrating further incursions into Ukrainian territory.

29 March 2014

Russia to deploy Iskander missiles at Kazakhstan border Russia will place its Iskander mobile ballistic missile systems at the border with Kazakhstan.

28 March 2014

Russian rocket lands near Kazakh village A Russian rocket has unexpectedly slumped near Shungay village in Bokeiorda region of West Kazakhstan Oblast.

28 March 2014

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