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Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev's sombre social drama "Leviathan" may have been nominated for an Oscar, but at home the film has sparked heated debate.
Moody's cut Russia's credit rating to one step above junk level Friday and warned the country was under review for a further downgrade.
According to Petro Poroshenko, Norman Format summit is expected to be held in Astana in the end of January.
It seems to have played out exactly as Western powers hoped: sanctions and falling oil prices have hit Russia hard.
The final decision on the extradition of fugitive billionaire from Kazakhstan Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia will be ready this year.
The meeting in Astana in Norman format (with the participation of leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, France) to resolve the situation in Ukraine is at the stage of preparations.
Russian authorities blocked access to the website of leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the opposition activist announced on social media.
Central Bank of Russia has restricted transactions involving Kazakhstani suppliers to prevent money laundering and tax evasion.
The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France ended a meeting without being able to set a date for a hoped-for peace summit.
Russian drama "Leviathan" made history by becoming the first film from the country to win a Golden Globe since the fall of the USSR.
Is the meeting of the Norman Quartet to take place in Kazakhstan's capital on January 15? Russian Vedomosti says there might be a problem.
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia will have joint naval exercises on the Caspian Sea.
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed settlement of the Ukrainian crisis in the context of the possible meeting between the Heads of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France in Astana.
The Eurasian Economic Union has began its with from developing regulations concerning various products and services.
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev arrives to Berlin on Janurary 9 to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Kazakh political analyst Yerlan Karin says Astana is the most suitable venue to hold talks relating to the situation in Ukraine.
Latvia said Russia seemed more open to a negotiated solution over the conflict in Ukraine, raising the prospect of an easing of sanctions against Moscow.
A Russian court refused to take legal action after top opposition leader Alexei Navalny defiantly cut short his house arrest.
The lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s Parliament - the Majilis - has ratified a draft bill on Amendments to Articles 25 and 26 of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
French President Francois Hollande said Monday that biting Western sanctions against Russia should be lifted if progress were made in resolving the Ukraine crisis.
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