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The Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed in western Kazakhstan, killing at least 38 people, earlier this week

Putin apologises to Azeri president over plane crash

Vladimir Putin has admitted that Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, breaking the Kremlin's silence as speculation mounted Russia may have accidentally shot the plane.

World • 29 Dec 24

Emergency services work at the scene of the crash early this morning

Downed flight hit by Russian defence system, say sources

An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day was downed by a Russian air defence system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation have told the Reuters news agency.

World • 26 Dec 24

Russia's McDonald's successor looks to Kazakhstan

Vkusno & tochka, the Russian successor brand to McDonald's, has applied to have its trademarks registered in neighbouring Kazakhstan following the US company's exit from its market, the Kazakh government said today.

Business • 16 Jan 23

Kazakhstan is the world's biggest producer of uranium

Conflict in Kazakhstan

Protests against fuel price hikes sparked a week of unrest in Kazakhstan, resulting in dozens of deaths and a spike in the cost of uranium.

Business • 13 Jan 22

Russian servicemen board a homebound flight at Almaty International Airport

Russia-led troops begin pullback from Kazakhstan

Over 2,000 Russia-led troops began withdrawing from Kazakhstan, Moscow said today, after being deployed when peaceful protests over an energy price hike turned into unprecedented violence claiming dozens of lives.

World • 13 Jan 22

An armoured personnel carrier of Russian CSTO peacekeepers at the Almaty International Airport in Kazakhstan

Russian troops to leave Kazakhstan, says president

Russian-led forces will begin withdrawing from Kazakhstan in two days' time after stabilising the Central Asian nation following serious unrest, the president said today, in a speech that took aim at wealthy associates of his predecessor.

World • 11 Jan 22

In total, nearly 8,000 people have been detained for questioning, the interior ministry said today

Kazakhstan president says 'attempted coup' defeated

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said today that his country had defeated an attempted coup d'état during historic violence last week, and insisted that Russian-led troops called in to help quell the unrest would go home "soon".

World • 10 Jan 22

Security forces appear to be in control of the streets of the capital Almaty

Putin, Kazakh leader discuss steps 'to restore order'

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a "lengthy" phone conversation to discuss the situation in Kazakhstan following unprecedented unrest, the Kremlin has said.

World • 08 Jan 22

An outside view of the burning mayor's office which was set on fire during unrest in Almaty, Kazakhstan (GETTY)

What is happening right now in Kazakhstan?

Days of unrest in Kazakhstan have left dozens dead and public buildings ransacked and torched in the worst violence in its 30 years of independence.

World • 07 Jan 22

Unrest in Kazakhstan and outages in Libya are fuelling concerns over supply

Oil price rises as Kazakh turmoil adds to supply woes

Oil prices rose today and were heading for their biggest weekly gains since mid-December on Friday as unrest in Kazakhstan and outages in Libya fuelled concerns over supply.

Business • 07 Jan 22

Russian airborne troops soldiers depart to join a peacekeeping force in Kazakhstan

Kazakh president gives shoot-to-kill order

Security forces appear to have reclaimed the streets of Kazakhstan's main city after days of violence, as the Russian-backed president said he had ordered his troops to shoot to kill to put down a countrywide uprising.

World • 07 Jan 22

The mayor's office which was set on fire during unrest in Almaty

Kazakhstan's week of violent unrest

With dozens reported dead in violent protests in Kazakhstan and Russia sending troops to quell the unrest, see how the once stable but repressive Central Asian country has been thrown into chaos.

World • 06 Jan 22

Russian servicemen boarding a military aircraft on their way to Kazakhstan, at an airfield outside Moscow today

18 security officers dead, 700 wounded in Kazakh unrest

Casualties among Kazakh security officers has risen to 18 dead and 748 wounded as authorities seek to quell unrest in the ex-Soviet country, according to Russian news agencies, citing Kazakhstan's interior ministry.

Asia • 06 Jan 22

Borat's first film outing caused anger in Kazakhstan, but tourism chiefs have seen some benefit from the main character's catchphrase

'Very Nice': Kazakhstan adopts Borat slogan

Ridiculed once again in a film featuring fictional Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, the ex-Soviet state of Kazakhstan has embraced the joke this time round and adopted Borat's catchphrase to try to attract tourists.

World • 27 Oct 20

Rescuers at the site of the airplane crash near Almaty airport

12 dead after plane crashes in Kazakhstan after takeoff

Twelve people were killed and dozens injured when a plane with nearly 100 passengers and crew on board crashed soon after take-off in Kazakhstan.

World • 27 Dec 19

Tokayev sworn in as Kazakhstan's president

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has been inaugurated as only the second elected president in Kazakhstan's history, after winning polls marred by a police crackdown and slammed by foreign monitors for "widespread voting irregularities."

World • 12 Jun 19

Nick Hague (L) and Alexei Ovchinin were rescued safely (Pic: @roscosmos)

Soyuz crew 'feel fine' after emergency landing

The two-man US-Russian crew of a Soyuz spacecraft taking them to the orbiting International Space Station had to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan when a rocket failed in mid-air.

Science and Technology • 11 Oct 18

Five people managed to escape the burning vehicle

52 people killed in Kazakhstan bus fire

Fifty-two people have been killed in Kazakhstan after the bus they were travelling on caught fire.

World • 18 Jan 18

The expansion will increase production by about 260,000 barrels a day of oil-equivalent to reach about one million barrels a day

Chevron announces $36.8bn Kazakh oil expansion

US oil giant Chevron has announced a $36.8 billion expansion project in Kazakhstan, the first major investment in petroleum production to be greenlighted since the oil-price rout.

Business • 05 Jul 16

President Nursultan Nazarbayev, seen here with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has ruled the country for over two decades

Six men jailed for trying to kill Kazakh officials

Six men have been jailed in Kazakhstan for conspiring to assassinate government officials, indicating a possible rise in Islamist violence in the oil-rich country.

News • 14 Aug 13

The rocket was carrying satellites meant to boost Russia's GPS system

Russian rocket explodes in Kazakhstan

A Russian rocket carrying three navigation satellites worth around €153m crashed shortly after lift-off from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan this morning after its engines suddenly switched off.

News • 02 Jul 13

Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, is attending the talks

Talks in Kazakhstan over Iran's nuclear programme

World powers are expected to offer Iran limited sanctions relief if it agrees to halt its most sensitive nuclear work.

News • 26 Feb 13

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