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Russia and Kazakhstan agree to resume Proton-M launches from Baikonur Russia has agreed with Kazakhstan to resume Proton-M rocket launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

12 December 2013

Russia court orders review of Pussy Riot verdicts The Russian Supreme Court has ordered a review of the guilty verdicts handed to two members of punk band Pussy Riot, three months before the pair are due to be released from prison, it said Thursday.

12 December 2013

Canada vows to defend Santa Claus Canada vowed Tuesday to defend the North Pole and Santa Claus, insisting the mythical figure is a citizen, after Russia ordered its military to step up its Arctic presence.

11 December 2013

Kazakhstan offers Russia to develop new cooperation program for Baikanur Kazakhstan has offered Russia to develop a new cooperation program for Baikanur Cosmodrome to be implemented until 2030.

11 December 2013

China seen as 'confident', 'belligerent': state media People around the world see China as "confident", "belligerent" and "arrogant", state-run media reported Tuesday in an unusually direct survey of attitudes towards the country.

10 December 2013

Kazakhstan national wins Miss Asia Moscow 2013 Saida Adilova, a model from Kazakhstan, has won the Miss Asia Moscow 2013 beauty contest in Russia.

09 December 2013

Sambo: Kazakhstan wins 2 gold medals at World Sambo Championship The national team of Kazakhstan got the 3rd place by medal count at the World Sambo Championship held in St. Petersburg on November 21-25.

09 December 2013

Elton John challenges Russian gay ban from stage British pop icon Elton John escaped serious criticism in Russia on Saturday after using a sold-out Moscow concert to challenge a highly contentious law banning the "propaganda of homosexuality" to minors.

09 December 2013

Russia outraged by US fraud charges against diplomats Russia voiced outrage Friday at charges in the United States against 49 current and former Russian diplomats and their wives over a $1.5 million fraud, saying it could not understand why the US had gone public with the allegations.

07 December 2013

Astana more comfortable than Moscow Astana has been acknowledged as the most comfort city over Moscow.

06 December 2013

More than 1 million tons of grain shipped by Kazakhstan Temir Zholy In November Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, Kazakhstan national railway company, has transported more than 1 million tons of newly harvested grain

06 December 2013

Kazakhstan invention to help find life on Mars A distillation unit invented in Kazakhstan will be used by the expeditions search for life on Mars.

05 December 2013

Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris buy 40% of Russian distributor Japan Tobacco (JT) and Philip Morris will each buy a 20 percent stake in Russian distributor Megapolis for a total of more than $1.5 billion, as the rivals move to tap the world's second-biggest cigarette market.

05 December 2013

Bolshoi dancer gets six years for acid attack A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced a Bolshoi dancer to six years in a penal colony for masterminding an acid attack that nearly blinded the famed company's artistic director.

04 December 2013

Baikonur to give up Proton boosters only in 2025 Proton carrier rockets using highly toxic fuel will continue to be launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome until 2025.

04 December 2013

Thousands of Ukraine protesters mass outside parliament Thousands of Ukrainian protesters massed outside parliament in Kiev on Tuesday as lawmakers were set to debate a vote of no confidence in the government over the scrapping of a deal with the European Union.

03 December 2013

Almaty native among richest men of Switzerland Vasili Anisimov, 62, an Almaty-born Russian billionaire, made it into the 300 Plus Richies list according to Swiss economy magazine Bilan.

03 December 2013

Nazarbayev calls Kazakhstan to learn English President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called Kazakhstan citizens to be tolerant and learn English.

01 December 2013

Is EU's eastern Europe policy in tatters after Russia row? Though the European Union appears to have lost to Russia in the first round of an East-West tussle over winning friends and influence in eastern Europe, some analysts would disagree.

30 November 2013

Russia’s Foreign Ministry sends note of protest to Kazakhstan over killing of Russian fisherman November 25 Kazakh border guards fired shots when trying to detain two boats with eight Russians of Dagestan origin, killing one of them and injuring another.

29 November 2013

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