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Japan rolls out more sanctions over Ukraine Japan announced it would impose additional sanctions against those responsible for the "annexation of Crimea and destabilisation of eastern Ukraine", without offering further details.

29 July 2014

Ukrainian Embassy in Kazakhstan: airplane crash is Russian terrorist attack The Embassy of Ukraine in Kazakhstan has made a statement about the tragic crash of the Malaysian Arilines MH17 flight that claimed lives of 298 people.

28 July 2014

Russia ordered to pay Yukos shareholders $50 billion The arbitration court in The Hague has ordered Russia to pay shareholders of Yukos $50 billion in compensation over its seizure of the one-time oil giant, main shareholder GML Ltd said in London

28 July 2014

Uzbek cars hinder development of Kazakhstani car manufacturing Kazakhstani car manufacturers blame Uzbek cars for hindering the development of the local car production.

28 July 2014

UK journalist for Russian TV says Ukraine deported him A British reporter for Russia's RT television in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine said on Saturday that Kiev had deported and banned him from the country for three years.

26 July 2014

Kazakhstan does not need its own payment system: experts Experts believe that Kazakhstan does not need its own payment system and doesn't have the conditions to effectively introduce it.

26 July 2014

Maillot brings sexy 'Shrew' to scandal-hit Bolshoi Shakespeare's 16th-century Padua is a far cry from Jean-Christophe Maillot's scintillating new "Taming of the Shrew" at the Moscow Bolshoi.

26 July 2014

Effect of potential free trade zone between Turkey and Customs Union on Kazakhstan Recent statements about Turkey's willingness to establish a free trade zone with the Customs Union made experts think about the potential benefits and drawbacks of the deal for Kazakhstan.

25 July 2014

Ukraine forces take another strategic city: Kiev Ukrainian troops have retaken the strategically-important city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine, as they press on with their offensive to stamp out a pro-Russian rebellion, President Petro Poroshenko said.

25 July 2014

Kazakh experts doubt anti-Russian sanctions can damage Kazakhstan Some experts in Kazakhstan believe the country can manage to avoid negative consequences of Western sanctions against Russia.

24 July 2014

Armenia to become full member of EEU in January: Armenian PM Armenia will become a full member of the the EEU on January 1, 2015, and signing of the documents on its accesion will mostly likely take place in October.

24 July 2014

Kazakhstan and Russia discuss extending sales contract for Karachaganak gas Since 2002 Gazprom of Russia and KazMunaiGas National Oil Company have been cooperating within a JV KazRosGas to sell gas from Karachaganak field, send it to Russia’s Orenburg-based gas treatment facility to be further sold to consumers both in Kazakhstan and Russia.

24 July 2014

Russian cargo craft docks with ISS, science satellite fails A cargo craft successfully docked with the International Space Station, the Russian space agency Roskosmos said.

24 July 2014

In the footsteps of a great Kazakh traveler Modern Kazakh geographers, historians, biologists, ethnographers and linguists are going to repeat the route of a famous Kazakh traveler of the Russian Empire into Kashgaria.

23 July 2014

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan exchange blows as latter prepares to join Customs Union Kyrgyzstan has decreased water supplies to Kazakhstan twofold, following a three month hold up by Kazakhstan’s customs authorities of the Russian petroleum products destined for Kyrgyzstan.

23 July 2014

Malaysia Airlines plane brought down by mistake: US intelligence officials Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane may have been shot down by mistake by pro-Russian militants, said a U.S Intelligence official.

23 July 2014

Air Astana conducts first flight to Ukraine since MH17 crash Air Astana has made its first flight to Kiev since the crash of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 over Donetsk region in Ukraine.

22 July 2014

Russian steelmaker Severstal announces sale of US plants Russia's steel giant Severstal announced on Monday the sale of its North American plants to US companies for a total of $2.3 billion (1.7 billion euros).

22 July 2014

Russia & Kazakhstan quid pro quo on Baikonur Two new Kazakh-Russian intergovernmental agreements concerning Baikonur Cosmodrome are a possibility.

21 July 2014

Rebels move MH17 air crash bodies as US accuses Russia Pro-Russian militiamen in Ukraine loaded almost 200 bodies from downed flight MH17 into refrigerated train wagons on Sunday as an outraged United States pointed the finger of blame directly at Moscow and demanded it ensure full access to the crash site for international investigators.

21 July 2014

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