Faced with Western sanctions, Moscow resorts to food fight
As Western countries launch new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, Moscow has returned fire with bans on food imports.
Russian Troitskaya power plant fined by Kazakh environmentalists
Russian Troitskaya GRES power plant has been fined $35 thousand by Kazakhstani environmentalists.
Russian teenagers turn apartment into pool
Teenagers from Orlovskaya Oblast in Russia have turned an apartment into a swimming pool.
Tank Biathlon championship kicks off in Russia
Tank Biathlon 2014 international competition kicked off in Alabino military range close to Moscow on August 4.
Russian Foreign Minister to visit Kazakhstan
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan on August 6-7, 2014.
Russia may stop financing Baikonur in 2016
Russian Finance Ministry might stop financing Baikonur cosmodrome in 2016.
Russian boxer challenges Golovkin: champions to fight super-champions
Undefeated Russian boxer Dmitry Chudinov (13-0, KO 8) challenged Golovkin from Kazakhstan.
Russia provides Air Astana with route to fly around Ukrainian fighting zones
Russian aviation authorities have issued a permit to Kazakhstan’s Air Astana airlines to fly to Kiev bypassing the Ukrainian battle zones.
Putin and Nazarbayev talk Ukraine
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev had a telephone conversation with Russia's Putin about the situation in Ukraine.
Kazakhstan to toughen monetary policies should pressure on Russian ruble persist
Rising inflation rate in Russia may force the National Bank of Kazakhstan to toughen its policies.
Kazakhstan lifts ban from Russian fuel imports
Kazakhstan has lifted restrictions from import of oil products from Russia.
Kazakhstan not among 35 most powerful militaries
Kazakhstan is in the 80th place in the ranking by conventional military strength according to the Global Firepower Index.
Kazakhstani airline buys Sukhoi Superjet 100 airplanes
Kazakhstani airlines company Bek Air signed an agreement with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft to purchase 7 Sukhoi Superjet 100.
Russia's Lukoil sells filling stations in Ukraine
Russia's Lukoil said it had reached preliminary agreement to sell its network of filling stations in Ukraine, days after radical nationalists there tried to extort fuel from the company.
Ex-spy Litvinenko death inquiry to open in Britain
Britain will formally open an inquiry into the radioactive poisoning of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko in a case that threatens to increase tensions with Moscow amid the crisis in Ukraine.
Toasts and tears of joy as Germany started WWI
It is past dusk when Wilhelm II uncorks the sparkling wine for his top army brass on August 1, 1914.
UN takes aim at Islamist oil grab in Syria, Iraq
The UN Security Council backed a Russian initiative to bar trade in oil with Islamists in Iraq and Syria.
US and Europe hit Russia with toughest sanctions yet
The United States and Europe targeted Russia's key financial, arms and energy sectors Tuesday with tough new sanctions in response to Moscow's intervention in the Ukraine crisis.
Europe launches last resupply ship to space station
An Ariane 5 ES heavy rocket lifted off from South America late Tuesday bearing Europe's fifth and final robot supply ship for the International Space Station (ISS), mission control said.
Tiger campaign threatened by poor data: WWF
Efforts to save the tiger are being undermined by a lack of information about how many of the endangered cats live in the wild, the conservation group WWF said.