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Snowden seeks asylum in sunny Brazil Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by US authorities and currently living in Russia, said in a TV interview Sunday that he has applied for asylum in Brazil.

02 June 2014

Armenia and Kyrgyzstan to join Eurasian Union within months Armenia and Kyrgyzstan have vowed to join the Eurasian Economic Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus this year.

30 May 2014

Epoch-making deal signed by post-Soviet troika: Putin Russian President has called the Eurasian Union Treaty of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus a deal of epoch-making significance.

30 May 2014

Pavel Chernyhk of Bolshoi to perform in Astana Opera On June 4th, the Bolshoi Theatre singer Pavel Chernyhk (baritone) will perform in I Still Recall the Wondrous Moment concert in the Chamber Hall of the Astana Opera.

30 May 2014

SpaceX unveils capsule to ferry astronauts to space A sleek, white gumdrop-shaped space capsule that aims to carry up to seven astronauts to the International Space Station and return to land anywhere on Earth was unveiled Thursday by SpaceX.

30 May 2014

Shuvalov outlines Eurasian Economic Union timeframe and benefits Prominent Russian politician Igor Shuvalov talked about benefits of the Eurasian Economic Union in Kazakhstan's Astana.

30 May 2014

Russian, German and US astronauts dock with ISS A crew of Russian, German and US astronauts docked with the International Space Station Thursday as space cooperation between Moscow and the West continues despite their worst standoff since the Cold War.

29 May 2014

Kazakhstan defines a place to host its first nuclear power plant Technical features of the reactor will be defined within the nearest half a year: Head of RoasAtom.

29 May 2014

Eurasian Economic Union Treaty signed in Astana The president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin has signed the Treaty establishing the Eurasian Economic Union.

29 May 2014

Putin to seal new post-Soviet union with Belarus, Kazakhstan Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday arrived in the Kazakh capital where he was set to sign a deal with his Kazakh and Belarussian counterparts creating a new economic union championed by Moscow.

29 May 2014

Eurasian Economic Union Agreement takes into account interests of all member states: President Nazarbayev According to him, the launch of the Union will be a great incentive to develop and modernize our economies and to bring the member states up to leading positions in the world.

29 May 2014

Ukraine forces suffer fresh losses in separatist east Ukrainian forces have suffered fresh losses in a rebel raid in the separatist east as the newly-elected president promised to hold his first talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin on easing the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.

29 May 2014

Snowden says he wants to return to US Fugitive self-proclaimed spy Edward Snowden said Wednesday he wants to return home, as he defended his massive leak of US intelligence secrets, saying abuses of constitutional rights left him no choice.

29 May 2014

Nazarbayev ratifies Joint Air Defense treaty with Russia President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has ratified the treaty establishing a joint air defense system in Kazakhstan and Russia.

28 May 2014

OECD to examine corruption in Kazakhstan The OECD has arrived to Astana to monitor Kazakhstani legislation as a part of the Istanbul Anti-corruption Action Plan

28 May 2014

Abkhazia leader forced to flee, denounces coup bid Opposition protesters stormed the presidency in Abkhazia overnight in what the leader of the Georgian breakaway region called a coup attempt, Russian news agencies said.

28 May 2014

Kazakhstan battles for more independence in Eurasian Economic Union Treaty Kazakhstan has excluded common citizenship, common foreign policy and common border security from the Treaty establishing the Eurasian Economic Union.

27 May 2014

Russia bans 'historically false' film on Stalin deportations of Chechens Russia has refused to permit the release of a film about the mass deportations of entire ethnic groups on Stalin's orders during World War II, calling it anti-Russian and a falsification of history.

27 May 2014

Spanish MMA figher runs away from fight in Astana A MMA fighter from M-1 Challenge 48 Battle of Nomads took off and never showed up for the fight in Astana.

27 May 2014

Kazakhstan to provide humanitarian aid to Serbia Kazakhstan will render humanitarian aid to Serbia.

26 May 2014

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