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Yoko Ono. ©REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Lennon widow Ono to give peace award to Pussy Riot Yoko Ono, the artist and widow of Beatles musician and songwriter John Lennon, will bestow a peace award in the couple's name to Pussy Riot, the Russian punk rockers.
20 September 2012
Photo courtesy of press-service of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy© Railroad freights from Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan to resume on September 21 The only railroad station Maimak in Talas oblast used for rail freight shipments between Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan will resume work on Friday.
20 September 2012
Isolated Belarus elects parliament amid boycott Belarus will on Sunday elect a new parliament in polls largely boycotted by the opposition, almost two years after protests against President Alexander Lukashenko's re-election sparked a mass crackdown.
19 September 2012
Nursultan Nazarbayev and Vladimir Putin. ©RIA Novosti 13 cooperation documents to be signed during Putin's visit to Kazakhstan Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will render a work visit to Kazakhstan on Wednesday to take part in the 9th Forum of Interregional Cooperation.
19 September 2012
Photo courtesy of flickr.com Popigai: Russia's vast, untouched diamond crater In the far north of Siberia, Russian scientists have stepped up research on a once-secret deposit of diamonds whose scale dwarfs anything ever discovered and could turn world markets "upside down".
19 September 2012
US astronaut Joseph Acaba. ©REUTERS Woman takes command of ISS after crew return A woman took command of the International Space Station for only the second time Monday as three US and Russian colleagues made a safe return from the orbiting space lab to the Kazakh steppe.
17 September 2012
@RIA Novosti Russian army accidentally fires on school: official Russia launched an investigation after an army unit accidentally fired mortar shells into the grounds of a boarding school in the troubled North Caucasus region of Dagestan.
14 September 2012
Photo courtesy of official Muay Thai Championship website Kazakhstan Muay Thai team won 11 medals at World Championship Kazakhstan Muay Thai team won 11 medals Muay Thai World Championship 2012 in St. Petersburg.
14 September 2012
Photo courtesy of  www.akorda.kz Nazarbayev awarded Russia's Foreign Minister with Dostyk decoration Nazarbayev awarded Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with Dostyk decoration of the 1st grade.
13 September 2012
Boris Berezovsky. ©RIA Novosti Russia state TV claims 'exiled oligarch behind Pussy Riot' Self-exiled Russian oligarch and Kremlin foe Boris Berezovsky was involved in organising Pussy Riot's performance in a Moscow cathedral.
13 September 2012
Photo courtesy of timesunion.com Ten dead in plane crash in Russian Far East Ten people died and four were injured Wednesday when a small plane crashed in Russia's Far East in the country's latest aviation disaster.
12 September 2012
West seeks to pressure Iran at IAEA Western countries will seek to turn the screw further on Iran at a meeting of UN atomic agency board of governors from Monday following the watchdog's latest damning report on Tehran's nuclear programme.
10 September 2012
Putin hides Russia's troubles with summit glitz President Vladimir Putin impressed leaders by holding an Asian summit on an island off a revamped Pacific city but the surface shimmer hid underlying problems in the Russian Far East and the country as a whole.
10 September 2012
Photo courtesy of yurclub.kz Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Foreign Ministers signed cooperation program The official visit of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov started on September 6 in Astana.
09 September 2012
Clinton hopes US to end Russia trade curbs Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced hope Saturday that the US Congress would act this month to end Cold War-era trade restrictions on Russia but also raised concerns on human rights.
09 September 2012
Dmitry Rogozin. ©RIA NOVOSTI Russia unveils own 'almost Android' system It seems that Russia's defence ministry has little faith in Google's operating systems: it has just unveiled its own encrypted version that has the remarkably familiar feel of an Android.
08 September 2012
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov. Photo by Danial Okassov© Islam Karimov wants to meet Nursultan Nazarbayev more often I think that we are losing much time, while it is possible: Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan told Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan.
08 September 2012
Tensions set to cloud APEC summit Asia-Pacific leaders gather in Russia's far east this weekend for talks aimed at promoting trade but territorial disputes and other regional tensions may cloud the event.
05 September 2012
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev. ©RIA Novosti Armenia 'ready for war' after Azerbaijan axe-killer pardon Armenia warned Azerbaijan it was ready for war as tensions soared Monday between the ex-Soviet foes after Baku pardoned and promoted an Azerbaijani officer who axed an Armenian soldier to death.
05 September 2012
Vladimir Nesterov. ©RIA Novosti Russia fires top space official over launch failures Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired the chief of a key state-run aerospace bureau following several launch failures, the Kremlin said Monday.
04 September 2012
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