All articles tagged "Kazakhstan"
Russia sells air defense missile systems to Kazakhstan 
6 Mar, 03:22 PM 2 comments
Kazakhstan has signed a contract with Russia to purchase ten S-300 PS air defense missile systems.
President of Kazakhstan proposes single global currency 
10 Mar, 01:38 PM
The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has suggested the introduction of a new global exchange system with a single world currency
Top Kazakhstan defense official on trial for corruption 
13 Apr, 01:25 PM 5 comments
A deputy defense minister of Kazakhstan has been detained on corruption charges, a source in the republic’s law-enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti.
Kazakhstan won't take part in NATO war games in Georgia 
21 Apr, 11:33 PM
Kazakhstan won't take part in planned North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises in Georgia, the country's Defense Ministry said Monday, after Russia denounced the war games as "dangerous".
Three key nations refuse to sign Nabucco pipeline agreement 
8 May, 05:47 PM 8 comments
A landmark meeting of EU Central Asian and Middle Eastern nations was marred on Friday when three key nations, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, did not sign an agreement on the Nabucco gas pipeline scheme, aimed at reducing Europe's dependence on Russian energy.
World’s oldest woman dies at 130 
12 May, 11:21 PM 14 comments
The world’s oldest woman, 130-year-old Sakhan Dosova, died on May 9th in Kazakhstan.
Kazakh websites protest new law with shutdown 
13 May, 05:07 PM 1 comment
Owners of websites in Kazakhstan are alarmed by a restrictive new law before the country's parliament. They turned their sites off today for an hour to make their feelings known.
2 UFOs crash land in Kazakhstan - report 
14 May, 01:47 PM 48 comments
Two luminous balls have fallen from the sky into a field near a village in Kazakhstan. The Local Emergency Ministry is studying the objects, believed to be UFOs.
S&P predicts Russian banks' collapse with big credit losses 
20 May, 10:56 PM 6 comments
Problem loans could soar to 35-50 percent of total lending in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, though actual loan losses will be no more than half that level in Russia, Standard & Poor's said on Tuesday.
Nuclear chief arrested in Kazakhstan on embezzlement charges 
25 May, 01:32 PM
Kazakhstan's security service has arrested the head of the state uranium company on suspicion of theft; the latest in a string of high-profile criminal cases in the Central Asian state.
Putin says Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus will seek joint WTO entry 
10 Jun, 10:42 PM 3 comments
Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus are going to seek entrance to the World Trade Organization as a single unit, halting talks on WTO entrance separately, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said.
Moscow’s decision to relaunch entry talks could delay its WTO bid 
11 Jun, 05:15 PM 2 comments
Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) could be delayed by Moscow's decision to relaunch entry talks with Belarus and Kazakhstan.
Three ex-Soviet republics to create customs union by mid-2011 
13 Jun, 03:52 PM
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will complete the creation of a customs union by the middle of 2011, Russian Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin have announced
Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus suspend WTO entry talks 
18 Jun, 02:43 PM 6 comments
Russia and its ex-Soviet allies Kazakhstan and Belarus have suspended WTO accession negotiations until they agree with all WTO members on how they can join.
Medvedev hopes “milk row” won't impede joint Russia-Belarus WTO bid 
22 Jun, 10:48 PM 1 comment
President Dmitry Medvedev said today that he hopes Russia's dispute with Belarus over dairy supplies would not impede their joint bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Kazakhstan proclaims weblogs and chat-rooms mass media 
24 Jun, 01:15 PM 2 comments
The parliament of Kazakhstan has voted to classify all internet resources as mass media, which automatically makes them subject to related legal restrictions.
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