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PHOTO: Almaty Heating and Power Plant №1 switching to gas
It is planned for achieve full coverage of Almaty city with gas supply within 3 years. The project is worth over $67.5 million.
22 October 2012
Russian protest leader placed under house arrest
Russia placed a leader of mass protest rallies against President Vladimir Putin under house arrest on Wednesday after questioning him in a criminal probe into allegations he was plotting a violent uprising.
20 October 2012
Boxer Klitschko brings star power to Ukraine vote
An excited crowd reached out to touch Ukrainian boxing star Vitali Klitschko as he went on the campaign trail for his corruption-busting party ahead of October 28 parliamentary polls.
19 October 2012
Alcohol pipeline unearthed on Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border
Smugglers have been pumping ethyl alcohol from Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan via a self-made pipeline since 2008.
18 October 2012
Kazakhstan's Alisher Karimov won 3rd prize at music contest in Armenia
Kazakhstan singer Alisher Karimov won the 3rd place in the international contest of young pop singers Yerevan Calls on October 6-14.
18 October 2012
Hockey: Kazakhstan's Barys defeated Moscow's Spartak
Kazakhstan's Barys hockey club defeated Moscow’s Spartak 5:1 at home.
15 October 2012
US berates Russia for aiding Syrian regime
The US has denounced Russia's policy of aiding the Syrian regime as "morally bankrupt," as tensions between Damascus and Ankara escalate over cargo seized from a Syrian passenger plane.
14 October 2012
Kyrgyzstan says toppled president's son arrested in London
The son of Kyrgyzstan's ousted president has been arrested in London and could be extradited to the United States, the Kyrgyz presidency said late Friday.
13 October 2012
Kazakhstan to export medicines and cars to Turkmenistan
Dosfarm, Hyundai Auto Truck & Bus Kazakhstan and South-Kazakhstan mechanical engineering plant has singed preliminary agreements on supplies to Turkmenistan.
12 October 2012
Nazarbayev met with head of Lukoil in Moscow
Nursultan Nazarbayev held several meetings with heads of major Russian companies in Moscow.
12 October 2012
Freed Pussy Riot member vows more protests
A member of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot freed unexpectedly from prison on Wednesday vowed defiantly hours later that the group's protest actions would continue.
11 October 2012
Ilya Ilyin won’t compete until 2014
Ilya Ilyin, two-time Olympic champion, said that he wouldn’t be taking part in the Russian Federation President's Weightlifting Cup.
10 October 2012
Russia and Kazakhstan continue joint development of Baikonur: Roscosmos
Russia and Kazakhstan are implementing perspective projects on the use of Baikonur cosmodrome, including creation of Baiterek joint launching facility.
10 October 2012
Maliki in Russia for huge arms deal, Syria agreement
Russia eyes a record arms deal and rare agreement over Syria on Tuesday when it hosts Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for the first time in almost four years.
09 October 2012
First CSTO maneuvers kick off in Kazakhstan
More than one thousand Russian, Armenian, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan military men are participating in the training.
08 October 2012
Russia marks Putin's 60th birthday
Putin turned 60 the official retirement age in the country he has dominated for the past 12 years, as critics snickered that his image of an energetic, young macho leader no longer corresponds with his age.
08 October 2012
Russia and Kazakhstan have to agree on banning Euro-2: Head of Russia's Anti-Monopoly Service
The problem is that Kazakhstan plans to eliminate Euro-2 only by 2014, while Russia has a plan to do it in 2013: Igor Artemyev.
08 October 2012
Kazakhstan bans anti-Islamic film
A court in Kazakhstan has banned as "extremist" the anti-Islamic film that sparked deadly protests across the world.
04 October 2012
Battling time and protests, Putin turns 60
Russian President Vladimir Putin hits retirement age on Sunday but he appears determined to prove that 60 is the new 40.
04 October 2012
Georgian Dream to ease, not end Russia nightmare
The defeat in Georgia's parliamentary polls of Russia's bitter foe President Mikhail Saakashvili may remove some poison from venomous bilateral relations, but Moscow should not expect major policy changes from Tbilisi.
03 October 2012