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Nazarbayev kickstarts construction of EXPO-2017 venue

President Nazarbayev has given a start to construction of the EXPO-2017 exhibition main venue near the Nazarbayev University in Astana, tengrinews reports. April 25 2014, 15:32 3 770 views

World News

Ukraine Says Its Efforts to Regain Control of East Will Go On

Defying warnings from Moscow not to confront pro-Russian militants entrenched in towns across eastern Ukraine, the interim government on Friday threatened to maintain efforts to regain control by force that have so far produced little beyond Russian military drills on Ukraine’s border and heightened alarm about Moscow’s next move, nytimes reports. April 25 2014, 15:21 3 606 views

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In Crimea teenager killed for speaking Ukrainian (Video)

16-y.o. citizen of Rivnensky Oblast Mark Ivanyuk was kiiled in Crimea. His mother told Rivne 1 TV channel that her son was beaten and killed by militia for speaking Ukrainian, azh.kz reports citing Ukrainian TV channel Rivne 1. April 25 2014, 12:23 1 942 views

Kazakhstan News

After offering Kashagan oilfield to China, Kazakhstan now tries to mollify India

Kazakhstan is keen to make amends with India on the energy front. After the Kazakh Government handed over stake in Kashagan oilfields to China last year straining relations with India, it now wants India to participate in upcoming projects and joint ventures as well as the trans-national oil pipeline, hindubusinessline reports on Friday. April 25 2014, 10:49 4 601 views

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Samsung Galaxy explodes in child's pocket in Kazakhstan

A Samsung Galaxy S2 has exploded in a first grader’s pocket in Astana causing substantial burns, tengrinews reports. April 25 2014, 10:45 1 726 views

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Russia to Hold Military Drills in Response to Ukraine Crackdown

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced Thursday that Russian Army started to hold military drills in response to the developing situation in Ukraine’s southeast, azh.kz reports citing interfax. ru. April 25 2014, 10:03 2 439 views

Sport

Bike ride to take place in Atyrau

Mass participation bicycle ride will take place on April 26 at 11:00am in Atyrau. Everyone is invited to join the ride. April 25 2014, 09:49 6 462 views

World News

Ukraine crisis: Army moves to retake Sloviansk

Commandos have moved on the separatist stronghold of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine days after a new "anti-terrorist" operation was announced. April 24 2014, 16:00 2 703 views

Ecology

War in the reeds (Photo, Video)

Armed forces of Kazakhstan intruded the territory of “Ak Zhaik” nature reserve on the night of April 22. Armed with machine guns  the border patrol of “Eurasia” outpost (#2016 military unit of RoK National Security Committee) demolished an entrance barrier and entered “Ak Zhaik”state nature reserve. The nature reserve employees qualify this fact as illegal invasion, but the frontier guards call the actions of their opponents as “malicious hindrance to protection of frontiers”. April 24 2014, 15:23 2 944 views

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Right Sector's "Donbass" battalion to assist crackdown on federalists in eastern Ukraine

The candidate for president of Ukraine, the leader of Ukraine's nationalist Right Sector Dmitry Yarosh has announced plans to create a special battalion “Donbass”, manned by his supporters from the Donetsk region, azh.kz reportgs citing Ukrainian media. April 24 2014, 12:22 4 491 views

Kazakhstan News

Dosayev and Kapparov's company has direct relation to defective pipes’ coating at Kashagan (+Update)

The company of the members of the Kazakhstan government Erbolat Dosayev and Nurlan Kapparov has a direct relationship to pipeline coating at Kashagan, where oil production has been suspended for indefinite time says the source in Atyrau Oblast akimat, azh.kz reports  citing KazTAG. April 24 2014, 10:25 4 226 views

Crime

Arrested district police chief escaped from hospital (Update, VIDEO)

The chief of Issatai District Police Department Altynbek Koubaidullin has been arrested by the regional financial police officers on April 21. April 23 2014, 09:31 2 833 views

Economy

Heads of NCOC and Eni replaced

As of May 1, NCOC Managing Director Pierre Offant resigns from his position and will be replaced with Stephan de Mayu, ExxonMobil secondee. April 23 2014, 16:48 5 142 views

Ecology

Kashagan: pipes not meeting designed requirements

Hearings are ongoing at Atyrau economic court with regards to the appeal filed by NCOC consortium against the instruction of the regional ecology department about payment for damage based on audits carried out after gas pipeline leaks (see “Consortium faces ecological penalty amounting to 134bn tenge”).  April 23 2014, 16:22 3 337 views

World News

Ukraine calls for renewal of anti-terror measures

Ukraine's acting President called on law enforcement agencies to renew anti-terror measures across the country, citing the discovery of two tortured bodies near the city of Slaviansk, cnn reports. April 23 2014, 12:19 3 014 views

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Body of Ukrainian official found dead in river

The Interior Ministry identified Batkivshchyna party Horlivka City Councilman Volodymyr Rybak as one of the two dead bodies found on April 19 in a local river of Slovyansk District in Donetsk Oblast, kyivpost reports.  April 23 2014, 12:05 2 459 views

Kazakhstan News

Thousands at Kashagan may lose jobs

In Mangistau Oblast because of shutdown at Kashagan field thousands of workers may lose their jobs, azh.kz reports, citing channel 31. April 23 2014, 11:12 3 003 views

Kazakhstan News

Caspian sea closed for US military

A convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea will keep the sea free from any military facilities except of either Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Iran or Azerbaijan, according to nur.kz citing Kazakhstan's KTK Channel.  April 23 2014, 10:58 6 541 views

World News

Under Russia, Life in Crimea Grows Chaotic

After Russia annexed Crimea practically overnight, the Russian bureaucrats handling passports and residence permits inhabited the building of their Ukrainian predecessors, where Roman Nikolayev now waits daily with a seemingly mundane question, nytimes.com reports. April 23 2014, 09:34 1 901 views

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Ukraine crisis: Biden says Russia must 'start acting'

US Vice-President Joe Biden has said Russia must "stop talking and start acting" to defuse the Ukraine crisis, bbc reports. April 22 2014, 17:33 2 788 views

Kazakhstan News

Total says oil output to be expected from Kashagan after 2015

French major Total said no oil production was to be expected from the troubled Kashagan project in Kazakhstan this year and it was not likely to yield much next year either, reuters.com reports. April 22 2014, 15:08 1 688 views

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Rare Manul cat caught in the suburb of Astana

A rare mammal named Manul cat has been caught in the suburb of Astana. That animal is the ancestor of all cats, inform.kz reports.  April 22 2014, 14:49 6 837 views

Kazakhstan News

State Protection Service formed in Kazakhstan

State Protection Service formed as per the president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s decree, was the result of merge of the previous services - the President’s Security Service and the Republican Guards, azh.kz reports citing the President’s press service. April 22 2014, 14:41 2 007 views

Kazakhstan News

Caspian states to limit deployment of third countries' military forces in the sea (+update)

Today the FMs of “Caspian Five” will consider the draft convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea at the meeting in Moscow, azh.kz reports citing kommersant.ru newspaper. The Moscow meeting is the preparation stage for the September summit that will take place this fall in the Russian city of Astrakhan. April 22 2014, 12:03 2 370 views

Kazakhstan News

500 Kazakhs became Heroes of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War

This year Kazakhstan marks the 69th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, inform.kz reports. April 22 2014, 11:47 9 439 views