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Kazakhstan may cease gas supplies to Russia
If we don’t agree on the prices now, all this gas will be redirected to the south, possibly to China, in 2015 after Beineu-Bozoi-Shymkent pipeline is completed: Kazakhstan Minister.
07 March 2013
Kazakh Senate ratifies agreement on Russian oil supplies to Kazakhstan
The agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan and Russia was signed in Moscow on December 9, 2010.
07 March 2013
Russia divided on Stalin 60 years after his death
Russia has marked the 60th anniversary of Joseph Stalin's death, with the nation divided on whether he was a tyrant who slaughtered millions or a saviour who created a superpower after World War II.
06 March 2013
Oil export from Russia to Kazakhstan grew 77.3 percent
Export of Russian oil to Kazakhstan in January-February 2013 grew 77.3 percent compared to the same period last year and made 1,176 million tons.
05 March 2013
Chess: Russian and Chinese best players not taking part in World Championship in Astana
Russia's Nadezhda Kosintseva and Tatiana Kosintseva are not playing for the Russian team because of a conflict with their senior coach Sergey Rublevsky.
04 March 2013
Kazakhstan rep wins Mister Intellectual of Asia in Moscow
Dalay Kyrgys from the Republic of Tyva was awarded with The Best Asian Man-2013 title.
04 March 2013
Football: Kazakhstan national team’s halfback signs up with Kuban FC
Kazakhstan's Baurzhan Islamkhan arrived to Antalya, Turkey, and signed a contract with Kuban Krasnodar FC after medical tests.
03 March 2013
Syria, Moscow condemn US aid to rebels
Syria and ally Russia denounced a US pledge to provide direct non-lethal aid to rebel fighters, saying it will fuel more violence in the two-year conflict.
02 March 2013
Russian activists set to march against foreign adoptions
Activists from pro-Kremlin children's advocacy groups were set to march through Moscow to call on authorities to ban all foreign adoptions and demand the return of an adopted boy whose brother died in Texas.
02 March 2013
Russian boy's Texas death ruled accidental
The death of a young boy adopted from Russia at his Texas home was an accident and the bruises found on his body were self-inflicted, a coroner ruled Friday in a case that ignited a diplomatic row.
02 March 2013
Kazakhstan to sell sodium cyanide to Tajikistan
Kazakhstan will start supplying sodium cyanide to neighboring Tajikistan in the end of 2014.
01 March 2013
Mixed Martial Arts: Mirzayev to fight Kazakhstan’s world champion
Russia’s Rasul Mirzayev and Kazakhstan's Yerzhan Yestanov, world pankration champion, will fight on March 31.
27 February 2013
Mixed Martial Arts: Yestanov planned to fight Mirzayev several years ago: Askhat Yerbulatov
Yestanov is now training for the fight against Russia's Rasul Mirzayev in the U.S. with his teammate Kairat Akhmetov.
27 February 2013
Russia to increase oil export to China via Kazakhstan in 2014
Russia is planning to increase its oil supplies to China via Kazakhstan in 2014.
27 February 2013
Kazakhstan to take part in G20 summit
Kazakhstan has been invited to take part in G20 summit in Saint-Petersburg in September.
26 February 2013
Kerry in London to start first official tour
John Kerry will push his Russian counterpart to apply pressure on Syria when they meet during the new US Secretary of State's marathon tour of allies.
26 February 2013
Football: Russia’s Zenit and Rubin FCs eye Kazakhstan footballer
Bauyrazhan Islamkhan signed a contract with Taraz FC in 2011. He started playing in the national football team of Kazakhstan in 2012.
25 February 2013
Putin signs law banning smoking in public places
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning smoking in public places in Russia from June, a cornerstone of the government's bid to improve public health in the nicotine-addicted country.
25 February 2013
Hockey: Kazakhstan Barys wins Russian Traktor in away match
Barys' Roman Starchenko secured the victory for the Kazakhstan's team by making a perfect shot and scoring the goal in the 75th minute.
25 February 2013
Russia accuses US over UN statement on Syria attack
Russia on Thursday accused US diplomats of blocking a UN Security Council condemnation of a bomb attack in the Syrian capital that left at least 59 dead.
22 February 2013