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Khodorkovsky Under Arrest in Absentia, Placed on Int'l Wanted List

Khodorkovsky Under Arrest in Absentia, Placed on Int'l Wanted List

The former owner of now defunct Russian Yukos oil company, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, has been placed under arrest in absentia and put on the international wanted list, Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said Wednesday. December 23 2015, 15:22 1 614 просмотрs

Obama invites Nursultan Nazarbayev to partake in Nuclear Security Summit in Washington

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Obama invites Nursultan Nazarbayev to partake in Nuclear Security Summit in Washington

President of the United States Barack Obama has invited the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to attend Nuclear Security Summit which is to be held in 2016 in Washington, said Erlan Idrissov, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, at today's press conference in Central Communications Service. December 23 2015, 15:02 2 047 просмотрs

India, Russia likely to sign pact on Kudankulam during PM Modi’s visit

India, Russia likely to sign pact on Kudankulam during PM Modi’s visit

Government is also planning to make optimum use of the available nuclear sites in various states to accommodate more atomic reactors to meet energy-starved country's growing needs. December 23 2015, 14:47 1 489 просмотрs

Nicolas Cage returns stolen Mongolian dinosaur skull he bought at gallery

Nicolas Cage returns stolen Mongolian dinosaur skull he bought at gallery

Tyrannosaurus bataar skull will be repatriated after it was bought by the actor from a Beverly Hills gallery in 2007. December 23 2015, 14:24 2 106 просмотрs

Amnesty: Russian bombing of Syria may be a war crime

Amnesty: Russian bombing of Syria may be a war crime

Russia's bombing of Syria may amount to a war crime because of the number of civilians its strikes have killed, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, presenting what it said was evidence that the air raids had violated humanitarian law. December 23 2015, 11:25 1 628 просмотрs

U.S. expanded sanctions hit Russia's Sberbank, VTB subsidiaries in Kazakhstan

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U.S. expanded sanctions hit Russia's Sberbank, VTB subsidiaries in Kazakhstan

The expanded list of economic sanctions of the United States against Russia included subsidiaries of Sberbank and VTB in Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti reported. December 23 2015, 11:21 2 597 просмотрs

Shymkent Oil Refinery Launches Production Of Sulfur

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Shymkent Oil Refinery Launches Production Of Sulfur

The Shymkent oil refinery put into operation a new production facility – a plant for production of sulfur with an annual capacity of 4,000 tons, as reported by the press service of the company. The process of launching the plant included production of the first experimental batch of liquid sulfur. The project was implemented as part of the program for reconstruction and modernization of the Shymkent refinery. December 23 2015, 11:17 2 113 просмотрs

Muslims around the world celebrate the birth of Mohammed

Muslims around the world celebrate the birth of Mohammed

Muslims around the world celebrate the birth of the Islamic Prophet Muhammed on December 24 this year. Prophet Muhammed was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 570 AD. His birthday is marked in many ways in different Muslim nations. December 23 2015, 10:58 2 441 просмотрs

Tajikistan bans trees, decorations in schools during festive season

Tajikistan bans trees, decorations in schools during festive season

Tajikistan has tightened restrictions on celebrations of the traditional festive season in schools in the Central Asian country, banning Christmas trees and gift-giving, AFP reports. December 23 2015, 10:39 1 547 просмотрs

Kazakhstan, EU sign expanded partnership agreement

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Kazakhstan, EU sign expanded partnership agreement

Kazakhstan and the European Union have signed an expanded partnership agreement in Astana, said the website of Kazakh Foreign Ministry. December 22 2015, 19:58 1 769 просмотрs

Oil market - battle field for Saudi Arabia-US war

Oil market - battle field for Saudi Arabia-US war

What we are seeing today in the oil market is no less than war to the death between Saudi Arabia and the North American oil industry, Gal Luft, co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS), a Washington based think tank focused on energy security, and a senior adviser to the United States Energy Security Council believes. December 22 2015, 19:56 1 701 просмотрs

There will be less lights on Christmas trees

There will be less lights on Christmas trees

On December, 18 the city Mayor Nurlybek Ozhaev lit the main Christmas trees on Makhambet and Issatai Square. Sanagul Kuanysheva, the pupil of boarding school # 1 helped the Mayor to lit the main tree in the city. December 22 2015, 14:49 5 823 просмотрs

Russia Ready to Relax or Abolish Visa Regime With Japan

Russia Ready to Relax or Abolish Visa Regime With Japan

According to Russia's Ambassador to Japan, Moscow is ready for a relaxed or visa-free regime with Tokyo. December 22 2015, 11:43 1 533 просмотрs

EU extends anti-Russia sanctions for 6 more months

EU extends anti-Russia sanctions for 6 more months

On Monday the European Union announced the prolonging of economic sanctions against Russia for another six months. December 22 2015, 11:17 1 423 просмотрs

Kazakhstan To Preside Over The EEU In 2016

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Kazakhstan To Preside Over The EEU In 2016

Next year, the chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union is moving from Belarus to Kazakhstan, as confirmed during the recent Moscow-based regular enlarged meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and reported by the media. According to Belorussian President Alexander Lukashenko, the agenda of the day was very eventful. December 22 2015, 11:03 2 268 просмотрs

Russian Activist Facing Protest Charges Flees To Ukraine

Russian Activist Facing Protest Charges Flees To Ukraine

A Russian opposition activist who became the first person charged under a strict new protest lawhas reportedly fled to neighboring Ukraine, where he will seek political asylum. December 22 2015, 10:17 1 687 просмотрs

Kazakhstan Improves Legislation On Nuclear Energy

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Kazakhstan Improves Legislation On Nuclear Energy

During the recent Astana-based extended meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Innovative Development, Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship, the Senate (the upper house of the Kazakh Parliament) considered a number of draft laws on issues related to the field of nuclear energy. December 22 2015, 10:10 1 697 просмотрs

TCO fined at KZT 124 mln 600 thousand for ecological damage

TCO fined at KZT 124 mln 600 thousand for ecological damage

The court of Atyrau region has levied more than 12 mln tenge penalty against LLP Tengizchevroil. December 22 2015, 10:07 7 024 просмотрs

Miss Universe Disaster: 4 Theories on Why Steve Harvey Screwed Up

Miss Universe Disaster: 4 Theories on Why Steve Harvey Screwed Up

Miss Universe pageant host Steve Harvey did a big ol' belly flop while announcing the winner of this year's event on Sunday night, mistakenly declaring Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez the victor before hastily correcting himself and stating that Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach had actually won the contest, making first runner-up Gutierrez's ownership of the crown as temporary as it was embarrassing. December 22 2015, 09:59 1 900 просмотрs

Spain faces electoral mess and real test

Spain faces electoral mess and real test

Spanish voters have broken the two-party system by welcoming two new groups to Congress following a tight election. But as Martin Delfín reports from Madrid, the fragmented outcome means more uncertainty than before. December 21 2015, 17:57 1 559 просмотрs

Azerbaijan switches to floating manat rate

Azerbaijan switches to floating manat rate

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan switched to the floating rate of manat from Dec.21, 2015. December 21 2015, 16:23 1 762 просмотрs

Nazarbayev awarded with 1st Degree Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh

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Nazarbayev awarded with 1st Degree Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh

In the course of his official trip to Moscow today, Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill. During the meeting the Kazakh President was awarded with the 1st Degree Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh. December 21 2015, 15:50 1 847 просмотрs

FIFA bans Blatter, Platini from all international football activities for eight years

FIFA bans Blatter, Platini from all international football activities for eight years

The Ethics Committee also subjected both of the football executives to financial fines, obliging Blatter to pay 50,000 Swiss francs (over $50,300) and Platini — 80,000 Swiss francs (over $80,500). December 21 2015, 15:20 1 660 просмотрs

KASE morning session: USDKZT_TOD = 349.12 (+7.18)

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KASE morning session: USDKZT_TOD = 349.12 (+7.18)

The morning trading session in US dollar with T+0 in tenge (USDKZT_TOD), euro with T+0 in tenge (EURKZT_TOD) and US dollars (EURUSD_TOD), Chinese yuan with T+0 in tenge (CNYKZT_TOD) ended on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). For the mentioned instruments this session is the main. 24 members of KASE currencies market traded in the session. December 21 2015, 12:20 1 488 просмотрs

Poroshenko says confident Ukraine will be granted visa-free travel with EU in 2016

Poroshenko says confident Ukraine will be granted visa-free travel with EU in 2016

On December 18, the European Commission recommended the Council of the European Union to urgently consider visa-free agreements with Georgia, Ukraine and Kosovo. December 21 2015, 11:22 1 753 просмотрs