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London Tube strike disrupts millions

A 48-hour walk-out on London’s Underground, which carries one billion passengers a year, has led to three of the 11 Tube lines being shut, thenewdaily.com reports. February 5 2014, 16:47 2 026 views

World News

Recalling McFaul: Four Views On Outgoing U.S. Ambassador To Russia

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has announced that he is stepping down and returning to the United States following the Winter Olympics in Sochi, rferl.org reports. February 5 2014, 16:07 1 276 views

World News

Czechs Increasingly Against Yanukovych State Visit

A growing number of prominent Czechs is vocally opposing President Milos Zeman’s plan to host his peer Viktor Yanukovych in April on a state to the Czech capital, calling for the event to be cancelled amid concerns of alleged human rights’ abuses in Ukraine, wsj.com reports. February 5 2014, 15:55 1 674 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Woman Forgets Money Stash in Present for Friend, Sues

What would you do if you found a million Kazakh tenge ($6,500) in a pair of boots presented by a friend? For a family in northern Kazakhstan, the answer was: spend it all! February 5 2014, 15:46 1 428 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan will continue to limit alcohol market

Kazakhstan will continue to limit the time and places of alcohol sale, inform.kz reports. February 5 2014, 10:02 1 701 views

World News

NGOs to fight law branding them “foreign agents”

Nonprofits are preparing to challenge in court new legislation that threatens to damage their reputation and paralyze their work in Russia, rbth.co.uk reports. February 5 2014, 09:34 1 484 views

World News

Moscow School Shooting Suspect in Pretrial Custody

A Moscow court ruled on Tuesday to place in pretrial custody a teenager suspected of fatally shooting two people in his school the previous day, ria.ru reports. February 5 2014, 09:27 1 926 views

Kazakhstan News

Oil and Gas Minister on Kashagan

Uzakbai Karabalin, the country’s Oil and Gas Minister, told about issues related to the giant Kashagan oilfield, tengrinews.kz reports. February 5 2014, 09:21 2 056 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Court Drops Extremism Charges Against Pastor

A court in Astana has dropped extremism charges against a Kazakh Presbyterian pastor, Bakhytzhan Kashkumbaev, rferl.org reports. February 4 2014, 17:39 2 334 views

World News

Primorsky Guerrillas Found Guilty of Being Criminal Group

The Primorsky Guerrillas, a band of militants arrested in 2010 for allegedly killing two police officers and wounding six others, were found guilty of being an organized criminal group by a jury in a Primorye region court, azh.kz reports citing Interfax. February 4 2014, 17:02 2 044 views

Kazakhstan News

Supreme Court affirms life sentence decision for Chelakh

The supervising board on criminal cases of the Kazakhstan Supreme Court affirmed the regional court’s decision about life sentence for Vladislav Chelakh, azh.kz reports, citing newskaz.ru agency. February 4 2014, 16:12 1 419 views

Politics

President Nazarbayev will arrive to Atyrau on Thursday

According to the source in the Atyrau Oblast Governor's office, on Thursday, Feb 6, President Nursultan Nazarbayev is arriving to Atyrau. February 4 2014, 14:20 10 385 views

World News

Search ends at Canada seniors home where fire killed 28

Canadian authorities on Monday called off a search for remains in the rubble of a Quebec retirement home ravaged by a fire that killed at least 28 people, yahoonews.com reports. February 4 2014, 11:18 1 285 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan to host weeks of natural resources

Kazakhstan will host the weeks of natural resources starting from February 14, 2014, Chairman of the Geology and Subsoil Management Committee under the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies Bazarbai Nurabayev said at the Tuesday press conference, inform.kz reports. February 4 2014, 11:14 1 248 views

Kazakhstan News

Growing gas reinjection may result in gas shortages by 2024: Oil and Gas Minister

Growing reinjection of gas may result in gas shortages in Kazakhstan by 2024, Newskaz.ru reports, citing the country’s Oil and Gas Minister Uzakbai Karabalin as saying at a government sitting today, tengrinews reported. February 4 2014, 11:02 1 270 views

World News

Stalin Statue Erected in Ukraine Amid Protests

A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was unveiled in western Ukraine as anti-government demonstrations in the former Soviet nation continue, ria.ru reported, citing local media. February 4 2014, 10:49 1 551 views

Culture

Seollal - Korean Lunar New Year

On January 31 the representatives of the Korean diaspora celebrated Seollal - Lunar New Year. Seollal for Koreans is a special occasion for family re-union. On this day the young people have to visit the senior members of the family and in token of respect to do “a sebe” ceremony (a belt-low bow).  Seniors in their turn give the young people their blessing. It is also a time to pay respect to ancestors. It is believed that a good spirit of this day lays a positive foundation for the rest of the year and, therefore, people celebrate Seollalin in a big way and with all their hearts. February 4 2014, 10:26 3 098 views

Crime

One of leaders of Ryskaliyev’s organized criminal group detained in Moscow

One of the active members of an organized criminal group of Bergey Ryskaliyev, ex-governonr of Atyrau Oblast, businessman Oleg Pavlichenko was detained In Moscow. This was reported to “Megalopolis” newspaper by Zangar Zankanov, the deputy chief of financial police of Atyrau. February 3 2014, 09:59 3 985 views

World News

Total ban on GM food production mulled in Russia

A group of Russian MPs have prepared a bill severely restricting imports of genetically modified agricultural produce, and completely banning its domestic production, rt.com reports. February 3 2014, 16:13 1 422 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Court Slashes Sentence in Opposition Leader's Murder

A court in Kazakhstan reduced the prison sentence Monday of a former senior state official from 20 to 13 years after a retrial over the 2006 high-profile killing of an opposition leader, azh.kz reports. February 3 2014, 14:59 3 163 views

World News

Moscow school shooting: Policeman, teacher killed, hostages released

Moscow police have confirmed that a policeman and a teacher were killed as a young man with a rifle took children hostages at a city school. The gunman, who is reportedly a high school student, has been detained, police said. This was reported by rt.com today. February 3 2014, 14:45 2 387 views

Ex-Governor case

Ryskaliyev's OCG trial postponed until Feb 5

Today, February 3, the chairwoman of specialized inter-district court on criminal cases of Atyrau Oblast Gulmira Dauletova announced that court sessions are postponement until Feb 5 due to fact that one of the defendants was hospitalized. February 3 2014, 12:52 5 200 views

Kazakhstan News

Cultural learnings for UK: Kazakhstan has more women MPs

Britain is languishing behind more than 60 countries including Kazakhstan, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan in getting women into Parliament, official figures show, standard.co.uk reports. February 3 2014, 12:06 1 422 views

World News

Chevron follows Shell, Exxon Mobil profit slide. Is Big Oil in trouble?

Oil and gas multinationals record billions in profits, but a shifting energy landscape has taken its toll. Shell and Exxon Mobil posted disappointing earnings, further evidence the US oil boom isn't boosting the usual suspects, csmonitor.com reports. February 3 2014, 11:32 9 074 views

Ecology

Anomaly over Atyrau airport: Flights are cancelled

All flights to Atyrau and from Atyrau were cancelled during week-ends because of abnormally high atmospheric pressure. According to the airport employees, last time such phenomenon happened 37 years ago. February 3 2014, 10:42 5 815 views