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76-year-old Nazarbayev is now the last surviving Soviet-era leader to still be in charge of one of the countries that emerged from the USSR.

• 23 сентября 2016, 14:27

The death of Uzbek leader Islam Karimov after 27 years in charge with no clear successor lined up plunges his homeland into uncertainty.

• 05 сентября 2016, 16:50

Germany's weightlifting coach has called for seven countries, including Kazakhstan, to be banned from international competition/

• 11 августа 2016, 17:51

Hairatan, the only crossing between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, is an ominous bellwether of economic activity in northern Afghanistan.

• 25 мая 2016, 17:14

Now authorities across ex-Soviet Central Asia are facing an unexpected legitimacy test as falling oil prices and Russia's recession.

• 14 марта 2016, 16:11

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the USA have issued the Joint Declaration of Partnership and Cooperation.

• 23 ноября 2015, 15:50

UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon called on ex-Soviet Uzbekistan to end the practice of forced labour in its strategic cotton sector.

• 13 июня 2015, 11:18

Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance has commented on the mass saigas die off in Kazakhstan.

• 02 июня 2015, 16:58

Halo franchise has made free Halo Online FPS available to Kazakhstan and other former Soviet countries.

• 07 апреля 2015, 08:51

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated Islam Karimov on being re-elected President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

• 01 апреля 2015, 00:56

Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov looked certain to claim victory in presidential polls.

• 30 марта 2015, 13:06

The Royal Plaza Alash Pride vol.3 international tournament in mixed martial arts has ended in Kapshagai near Kazakhstan's Almaty.

• 25 февраля 2015, 16:12

MMA RPAP vol.3 international tournament has opened on February 20 in Kapshagay, a town near Almaty in Kazakhstan.

• 21 февраля 2015, 03:20

Two biggest Central Asian economies may become competitors if both are in the Eurasian Economic Union. For now, as Uzbek President expresses disinterest in joining the union, the bilateral cooperation and ties are strengthening.

• 11 февраля 2015, 19:27

Kazakhstani boxer Berik Abdrakhmanov won the AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) Inaugural Title, an ultimate ticket to the Rio Olympics, in a fight against Uzbek boxer Hurshid Tojibaev in Astana, Kazakhstan.

• 05 февраля 2015, 01:32

Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov said Uzbekistan would never join a union that resembles the former Soviet Union and would never return into the Soviet Union era again.

• 16 января 2015, 12:58

The lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s Parliament - the Majilis - has ratified a draft bill on Amendments to Articles 25 and 26 of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.

• 06 января 2015, 13:08

Prominent Kazakh political scientist Dosym Satpayev speaks of the interests the United States has in Central Asia.

• 18 декабря 2014, 11:51

Kazakhstan hosted the meeting of the heads of governments of SCO member states in Astana yesterday.

• 16 декабря 2014, 12:29

Russia's President agreed to write off most of the debt owed by Uzbekistan in an apparent bid to steer the Central Asian country towards joining the Eurasian Economic Union.

• 11 декабря 2014, 10:18