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Kazakhstan Prime-Minister met with Uzbekistan President Kazakhstan Prime-Minister met with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov during his visit to Uzbekistan.

24 December 2012

Obama asked to retaliate over Russia adoption ban Tens of thousands of petitioners are calling for US President Barack Obama to escalate the diplomatic feud that led Moscow to propose a law barring Americans from adopting Russian children.

24 December 2012

Russia denounces West's 'dangerous' stance on Syria Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday denounced the West's "dangerous" stance in support of Syrian rebels seeking to unseat President Bashar al-Assad.

24 December 2012

US adoption groups voice concern over Russia ban US adoption agencies expressed deep concern Thursday after President Vladimir Putin backed legislation making it illegal for Russian children to be adopted by Americans.

22 December 2012

Gazprom to buy Kyrgyz gas operator for $1: Kyrgyzgaz Russia's gas giant Gazprom is taking a controlling stake in Kyrgyzstan's debt-ridden state gas company for one dollar.

21 December 2012

Three astronauts blast off for ISS in Russian craft A Soyuz spacecraft carrying Russian, American and Canadian astronauts blasted off on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan bound for the International Space Station (ISS).

20 December 2012

Russia negotiates union with ex-Soviet states Russia sought Wednesday to expand its influence over former territories during integration talks that Washington has cast as a bid to "re-Sovietise" the region.

20 December 2012

Kazakhstan MP Serik Akhmetov to visit Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov will render a work visit to Uzbekistan.

19 December 2012

Russian Ruble lays claims on common currency role in Customs Union Introduction of a common currency inside the Eurasian Economic Community that includes Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus is irrelevant: Russian President's advisor.

19 December 2012

Kyrgyzstan threatens Kazakhstan with claims for gas deficit Legal and financial claims could be filed against Kazakhstan's KazTransGas for limitation of gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan.

19 December 2012

Russia says rebels may win, jihadists claim Damascus bomb Moscow acknowledged on Thursday that the Syrian regime, its longtime ally, might lose its battle with Arab- and Western-backed rebels, 21 months into a conflict that has cost tens of thousands of lives.

15 December 2012

Russian ex-policeman on trial for Politkovskaya murder A former Russian police officer was to go on trial Wednesday on charges of involvement in the murder of crusading anti-Kremlin journalist Anna Politkovskaya, with mystery still surrounding who ordered the killing.

12 December 2012

WTO approves membership for Tajikistan The World Trade Organization on Monday approved Tajikistan's 11-year struggle to join the UN's global trade body, paving the way for the Central Asian nation to become its 159th member.

12 December 2012

There should be no surprises or ultimatums around Baikonur: Moscow Russian government called the recent statement of the head of Kazkosmos Talgat Mussabayev “a personal interpretation of the negotiations".

11 December 2012

Arab League hopes US, Russia reconcile on Syria Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi hoped on Sunday that the United States and Russia could reconcile their views over Syria in order to facilitate a settlement of the crisis in the war-ravaged country.

10 December 2012

Russia works to fix satellite's off-target orbit Russian scientists were working to correct the orbit of a communications satellite Sunday after it failed to reach its designated location in space -- the latest setback for the country's once-pioneering space industry.

10 December 2012

Russian warships made call in Syrian port: reports Two Russian warships have made a rare call at Russia's controversial Mediterranean naval base in Syria to resupply and refuel.

06 December 2012

Russian shareholder drops $9 bn BP suit: report A minority shareholder in BP's Russian joint venture TNK-BP has dropped a long-running $9.3 billion suit against the British oil giant.

05 December 2012

Ukraine's government, PM resign: presidency Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and the entire government.

04 December 2012

Kazakhstan leads Central Asia by number of multi-millionaires Kazakhstan is rankedf irst among Central Asian countries by the number of people with fortunes exceeding $30 million.

03 December 2012

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