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Clashes break out in east Ukraine flashpoint city
Clashes broke out in the flashpoint eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday following rival demonstrations by thousands of pro- and anti-Russian protesters, leaving around 10 people injured.
06 March 2014
Nazarbayev to visit Russia on March 10-11
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Russia on Vladimir Putin's invitation on March 10-11.
06 March 2014
‘Anti-lace’ policy in Kazakhstan: What does it ban?
The ban has become widely known as a ‘ridiculous lace undies ban’, a ‘lacist’ policy and, the smartest version, a ‘non-tariff regulation’. But what is the policy really about? What exactly is banned from being imported to Kazakhstan?
06 March 2014
Still no compesation from Russia for Proton-M crash
Russia is still overthinking the amount of damage compensation, it was billed by Kazakhstan for Proton-M rocket carrier crash.
05 March 2014
Russian Topol missile strikes target in Kazakhstan
Russian military forces have successfully fired a Topol RT-12M intercontinental ballistic missile from Kapustin Yar military site.
05 March 2014
Russia gave prior notice of missile test: US official
Russia informed the United States in advance that it would carry out a launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
05 March 2014
No talks on Kazakhstan's accession into WTO for Russia in Washington
The United States has banned representatives of Rosselkhoznadzor from participating in the negotiations on adjusting the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Measures in the context of Kazakhstan's accession into the WTO.
05 March 2014
Obama says Putin 'not fooling anybody' over Ukraine
US President Barack Obama said Russia was not "fooling anybody" over the Ukraine crisis after it denied its forces were operating in Crimea.
05 March 2014
Kazakhstan wants sole operator for Russian petroleum products supplies
A KazMunaiGas subsidiary will be made the only operator managing petroleum products supplies from Russia.
04 March 2014
Kazakhstan wrestlers win eight medals in Belarus
The national wrestling team of Kazakhstan has won eight medals at the International Championship in Minsk, Belarus.
04 March 2014
US suspends military cooperation with Russia, Kerry heads to Ukraine
The United States suspended military cooperation with Russia due to its military intervention in Ukraine, as Secretary of State John Kerry prepared to visit Kiev Tuesday amid a deepening crisis.
04 March 2014
Kazakhstan-China tolling no longer feasible: Mynbayev
Sauat Mynbayev, Chairman of KazMunaiGas (KMG), Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company, believes that duty-free supplies from Russia make shipment of Kazakhstan's crude to China for processing no longer feasible.
04 March 2014
Canada warns Russia, says G8 membership at risk
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday warned that Russia could be stripped of its membership in the Group of Eight industrialized nations if it doesn't reverse course in Ukraine.
04 March 2014
Putin like Hitler in 1930s: former Czech foreign minister
Russian President Vladimir Putin is repeating history by acting in Crimea much like Adolf Hitler did in central and eastern Europe in the late 1930s: Karel Schwarzenberg
03 March 2014
Kerry to visit Kiev as Russia faces global outcry
US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Kiev this week in a show of support for the embattled leadership, as Washington and its allies slammed Moscow for violating Ukraine's sovereignty.
03 March 2014
Obama 'deeply concerned' by Russian military moves in Ukraine
President Barack Obama said Friday he was deeply concerned about reports of Russian military activity in Ukraine, while a US military official said Moscow had sent several hundreds troops into Crimea.
02 March 2014
UN Security Council meets on Ukraine
The UN Security Council on Friday held a brief "private meeting" followed by consultations to discuss concerns about rapidly changing events in Ukraine.
01 March 2014
St. Petersburg to publish book by Kazakh math prodigy
Adilsultan Lepes, a student from Almaty, is publishing his book 'Alternative proof of 100 equations: Method of separating invariables' in St. Petersburg, Russia.
28 February 2014
Unidentified armed men seize Crimea airport: report
Some 50 armed men on Friday seized the airport of Crimea's capital Simferopol, a day after pro-Russian gunmen took over government buildings in the city.
28 February 2014
Biden promises 'full' US support to new Ukrainian PM
US Vice President Joe Biden promised Ukraine's pro-Western interim leaders "full" US support Thursday as they seek to head off Russian influence.
28 February 2014