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Photo courtesy of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense 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
Russian President Vladimir Putin. ©RIA Novosti 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
Head of Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service Igor Artemyev. ©RIA Novosti 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
"Innocence of Muslims" film frame. 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
©RIA Novosti 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
A man holds Georgian flag. ©RIA Novosti 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
Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) helps his son Nikoloz to cast a ballot. ©RIA Novosti Georgia tensions rise after close-run polls Georgia on Tuesday awaited the outcome of hard-fought parliamentary polls as the opposition threatened a dramatic victory over President Mikheil Saakashvili's long-dominant ruling party.
02 October 2012
Photo courtesy of akorda.kz Nazarbayev and Karimov discuss water again Leaders of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are pleased with the results of the official visit and have once again reiterated their positions on the hydrotechnical facilities being constructed in the upstream of Syrdarya: press-service.
01 October 2012
Punk rockers Pussy Riot. ©RIA Novosti Faint hopes as Moscow court hears Pussy Riot appeal A Russian court on Monday hears the appeal of jailed punk rockers Pussy Riot against a two-year prison camp sentence for performing an anti-Kremlin song in a cathedral.
01 October 2012
Timur Bekmambetov. ©RIA Novosti Bekmambetov declared best producer of CIS and Baltics Timur Bekmambetov, a famous film director, producer, screenwriter and founder of Bazalevs film company, has been declared the best producer.
01 October 2012
©REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Anti-Islam film declared illegal by Russian provincial court A court in Russia's region of Chechnya has banned the anti-Islamic film that sparked deadly protests across the Muslim world, a ruling that in theory should be observed across Russia.
29 September 2012
Photo courtesy of <a href="http://lada.kz" target="_blank">lada.kz</a> Kazakhstan guards wounded two Russian citizens in Caspian waters Kazakhstan border guards have wounded two Russian citizens on board of two boats that entered Kazakhstan’s territorial waters of the Caspian Sea.
27 September 2012
Saakashvili battles billionaire in Georgia poll showdown Georgia votes in parliamentary polls Monday with President Mikheil Saakashvili's party facing a billionaire-led opposition in a test of the ex-Soviet state's democracy overshadowed by a torture scandal.
27 September 2012
Photo by Danial Okassov© Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan called neighbors use common waters with care The talks covered establishment of a mechanism of joint use of water-energy resources in Central Asian region: Nazarbayev.
25 September 2012
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. ©RIA Novosti Belarus opposition ridicules 'falsified' polls Belarus on Monday boasted of a massive turnout in parliamentary polls won by supporters of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko but the opposition ridiculed the results as brazenly rigged.
24 September 2012
Monstera deliciosa. ©Tengrinews 100-year old plants still grow in Petropavlovsk Botanical Garden Russian Colonel Nikolay Kurpatov brought exotic plants to Northern Kazakhstan in the beginning of the past century.
24 September 2012
Armored vehicles made by Uralvagonzavod at the square in Astana. Photo courtesy of uvz.ru Kazakhstan setting tank-repair facility Uralvagonzavod and Kazakhstan Engineering will establish a joint company repairing and modernizing armored vehicles in Kazakhstan.
24 September 2012
©RIA Novosti Moscow crash victims were 'orphans collecting prize' Five orphans from a children's home and two adults, killed when a drunken driver slammed into them at a Moscow bus stop, had just collected a handicrafts prize for disabled children.
24 September 2012
Nikolay Antropov. ©REUTERS Hockey: Barys signs up Antropov Kazakhstan-Canadian forward Nikolay Antropov will play his debut match as part of Barys team against Czech Lev.
24 September 2012
Victoria Nuland. Photo courtesy of m24digital.com US wants more time to close USAID in Russia The United States has asked Russia for more time to shutter the activities of USAID, after Moscow gave it less than three weeks to close down two-decade old programs.
22 September 2012

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