Section: Kyrgyzstan
‘Both Russia and Ukraine are friendly nations of Kazakhstan’ — Kazakh official
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Ukraine responds to Kazakhstan president’s denial of Crimea’s annexation by Russia
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Ukraine has voiced concern over Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s description of Russia’s takeover of the Crimea, when he said it wasn’t an annexation, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported. “Ukraine has always viewed Kazakhstan as its partner and friend,” the Ukrainian Foreign...
Parliament Committee to hear reports of Ambassadors of Kyrgyzstan to Ukraine, Kazakhstan
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Opera returns to Turkmenistan after nearly 19 years
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Opera has returned to Turkmenistan after nearly 19 years of being banned along with ballet by the Central Asian country’s first post-Soviet president as “incompatible with Turkmen mentality,” RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service reported. Nineteenth-century Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci...
Russia ‘to return three captured ships to Ukraine’
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Weekly Digest of Central Asia
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Central Asia was the scene of intense geopolitical struggle and the Great Game between the British and Russian Empires, and later between the Soviet Union and the West, over Afghanistan and neighboring territories. Into the 21st century, Central Asia has become...
Nazarbayev offers Kazakhstan as neutral site for Putin-Zelenskiy talks
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s former President Nursultan Nazarbayev says he is working to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, RFE/RL reported. Speaking at a conference in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, on November 12, Nazarbayev said Zelenskiy had agreed to...
Kazakhstan losing $11 million monthly due to Russia’s restrictions on coal transit to Ukraine
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Weekly Digest of Central Asia
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Central Asia was the scene of intense geopolitical struggle and the Great Game between the British and Russian Empires, and later between the Soviet Union and the West, over Afghanistan and neighboring territories. Into the 21st century, Central Asia has become...
Senate of Kazakhstan ratified extradition agreement with Ukraine
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