News about Russia

Boxing: World Champion Aloyan to lead Russian Boxing Team against Astana Arlans The flyweight champion of the World Boxing Championship, held in October 2013 in Almaty, Misha Aloyan will lead the Russian team in the home match against the Astana Arlans.

18 November 2013

Kazakhstan bills Russia for Proton-M crash Kazakhstan has billed Russia for the Proton-M carrier rocket crash at Baikonur.

18 November 2013

Kazakhstan should stake on champions: Albert Rau According to Deputy Minister of Industry and New Technologies Albert Rau, Kazakhstan should place its stakes on industry champions.

18 November 2013

Russia seeks answers over deadly crash of ageing plane Russia on Monday sought answers for the latest deadly plane crash to raise alarm about the safety of its civil aviation.

18 November 2013

Kazakhstan and British natives die in Kazan plane crash A native of Temirtau city in central Kazakhstan died in the plane crash in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.

18 November 2013

Australia spied on Indonesia president: reports Australian spy agencies attempted to listen to the phone calls of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and targeted his wife and senior ministers, reports said Monday, drawing a demand for answers from Jakarta.

18 November 2013

Passenger jet crashes in Russia, killing 50 A Boeing 737 operated by a Russian airline crashed on Sunday while attempting to land in the city of Kazan, killing all 50 on board.

18 November 2013

Russia hands India long-awaited aircraft carrier Russia on Saturday finally handed over a refurbished ex-Soviet aircraft carrier to India after a refit that overran by five years and went vastly over budget, damaging ties between the countries.

17 November 2013

Cross-country skiing: Alexey Poltoranin from Kazakhstan dominates Muonio lanes Kazakhstan skier Alexey Poltoranin, a three time winner of the World Cup, has won the 10 kilometer sprint in Muonio, Finland.

17 November 2013

Madonna calls for release of Greenpeace activists Pop legend Madonna has joined a chorus of international stars in urging the release of 30 Greenpeace crewmembers jailed after a protest against energy prospecting in the Arctic.

16 November 2013

Rosneft to supply crude to Kazakhstan in exchange for transit to China Rosneft will supply Kazakhstan with additional crude in exchange for the oil transit to China.

14 November 2013

Putin and Nazarbayev sign Treaty on Good-Neighborliness and Alliance in 21 Century The Treaty on Good-Neighborliness and Alliance in the 21 Century was signed by Nursultan Nazarbayev and Vladimir Putin.

13 November 2013

Putin acknowledges that Kazakhstan outinvestes Russia President of Russia Vladimir Putin told Nursultan Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan invested $700 million more into Russia than Russia did into Kazakhstan in 2012.

13 November 2013

Nursultan Nazarbayev calls to focus on energy industry high-tech Nursultan Nazarbayev has suggested that the next Russian-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum is held in Atyrau.

13 November 2013

Kazakh and Russian businessmen should learn to compete: Nazarbayev President Nazarbayev urges Russian and Kazakh businessmen to learn to compete.

13 November 2013

Putin in S. Korea to push new 'Silk Road' via N. Korea Russian President Vladimir Putin was in South Korea Wednesday to push a pet project for a new major trading route linking Asia and Europe by rail that requires prying open North Korea.

13 November 2013

Russia launches Proton rocket with military satellite Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket carrying a military satellite in the early hours of Tuesday from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

13 November 2013

Rosneft to transit crude to China across Kazakhstan Late October Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said that Rosneft was negotiating oil transits across Kazakhstan to China via the Kazakh-Chinese Atasu-Alashankow pipeline.

12 November 2013

Syria opposition says would attend peace talks with conditions Syria's main opposition grouping said Monday it was willing to attend peace talks on the condition that President Bashar al-Assad transfer power and is excluded from any transition process.

12 November 2013