Kazakhstan's central bank raised its main interest rate to 10.25% from 9.75% on Monday. The bank said it expects inflation to slow to 6.0-6.5% this year from last year's 8.4% thanks to tighter monetary policy and other measures …
According to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, Yerlan Turgumbayev, 1,822 criminal cases were initiated and being investigated in the republic following the large-scale riots that took place in the country in January. …
Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, former rector of the Diplomatic Academy Yevgeny Bazhanov spoke about his vision of the protests in Kazakhstan and the personality of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in an interview with Vestnik …
The Mazhilis, the lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament, on Wednesday approved amendments that abolish lifelong chairmanship of the country’s first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in the Security Council and Kazakhstan …
Ruslan Zhaksylykov was appointed defense minister of Kazakhstan by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Wednesday. Zhaksylykov previously served as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of …
The last units of the Russian peacekeepers led by Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov have departed from Kazakhstan for Moscow to wrap up the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) peacekeeping mission in the Central Asian country, …
Former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev broke his silence Tuesday in his first appearance since early January when mass protests rocked the country. A video message from the national leader, whom many already …
The incidence of the coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan over the past month has increased almost 20-fold due to the spread of the Omicron strain, Kazakh Health Minister Azhar Giniyat said at a meeting of the government on Tuesday. …
The Kazakh authorities have decided to sell liquified petroleum gas (LPG) on the basis of requests made by local governing bodies instead of via the electronic trading platform, which was the case earlier, the press service of the …
Aeroflot will resume flights to Kazakhstan’s Aktau on January 20, and to Shymkent - on January 22, which means the company’s flight program to the republic will be restored completely starting January 22, the air carrier said in a …
Six Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft with Russian peacekeepers on board have departed from Almaty to the Ulyanovsk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Monday. "Six Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft of the military transport aviation, …
Samat Abish, the nephew of former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev, was sacked as second-in-command at the National Security committee on Monday, the president's office said. The decision was made by the President of Kazakhstan …
Nearly 150 civilians and 11 law enforcers were killed during riots in Kazakhstan’s Almaty, chief of the city police Kanat Taimerdenov said. Serik Shalabayev, chief of the criminal prosecution service of Kazakhstan’s …
There will be no new escalation of the situation in Kazakhstan, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas is sure. "I would not talk about the danger of some kind of revenge or a new …
Law enforcement agencies of Alma-Ata have been searching for seven people who went missing in a wake of the protests, according to the Telegram channel Almaty tragedy. "Since January 4, twenty-two people have been registered as …
The first units of Russian peacekeepers from the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) peacekeeping contingent have departed from Kazakhstan aboard military transport planes and are heading for Russia, Russia’s Defense Ministry …
Peacekeeper units of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) from Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan departed from Almaty to their permanent stationing locations. Armenian units loaded their motor vehicles and personnel in …
With the arrival of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Central Asia looks to be heading into its fourth wave of pandemic, The Diplomat writes. …
"China and Russia, as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and friendly neighbors of Central Asian countries, must prevent chaos or war from erupting in the region", Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday spoke on …
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev have held a telephone conversation to discuss the beginning of the agreed pullout of the CSTO contingents from Kazakhstan, the Kremlin’s press-service said on …
