Blinken in Central Asia to boost ties amid Russia-Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war News
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Kazakhstan, his first stop on a Central Asia trip to meet
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Russia sends Soyuz rescue ship to International Space Station | Space News
Soyuz MS-23 will transport Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin, Sergei Prokopyev and NASA’s Frank Rubio back to Earth later this year.
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‘I was naive about Russia’: Central Asians on the Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv, Ukraine – Serik Talipzhanov does not like Russia any more. The 32-year-old bank cashier lives in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s former
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Kazakh president dissolves parliament, calls March elections | Politics News
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has promised reforms, including limiting his own power and strengthening parliament’s after anti-government riots a year ago. Kazakh
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Will Putin’s ‘natural gas union’ fail? | Energy News
Kyiv, Ukraine – The Uzbek official sounded like he was talking about his nation’s freedom. “We will never compromise our
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Kazakh President Tokayev wins re-election with 81.3% of vote | Elections News
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has secured a second term in a snap election, winning 81.3 percent of the vote. The
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Polls close in Kazakhstan snap presidential election | Elections News
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is widely expected to win Sunday’s election over five little-known candidates. Polls have closed in Kazakhstan, where
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Methane blast kills at least five workers at Kazakhstan coal mine | News
The accident in the Karaganda mine happened due to a sudden release of methane gas, officials say. A methane explosion
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‘We want respect’: Putin’s authority tested in Central Asia | News
Sensing that Russia has been weakened by its war in Ukraine, some of its closest allies in Central Asia are displaying a newly
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Russia launches Iranian satellite into space from Kazakhstan base | Space News
The launch signals the beginning of ‘strategic cooperation’ between the two countries in the space industry, according to the Iranian
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