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Why Kazakhstan may be Vladimir Putin’s next target

Even if it emerges victorious in Ukraine, Russia can still sow the seeds of a future war of expansion in Central Asia.
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EADaily, January 18th, 2026. The US State Department has actually launched a new round of information confrontation with ...
Kazakhstan’s lower parliament pushed ahead with anti-LGBTQ legislation Wednesday that appears to mirror Russian law, as the country’s president met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The ...
Manturov said Baikonur will also serve for launches of the crewed Soyuz ROS ships. But he noted that Progress ROS cargo ...
Historically, Kazakhstan wasn’t on the radar of international students, with the US, UK, Canada, and several European countries traditionally remaining the top destinations. A vast, post-Soviet nation ...
Russia’s Roscosmos space agency reported on Nov. 27 that the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan sustained damage during the Soyuz MS-28 liftoff to the International Space Station.
On October 19, a gas processing plant caught fire in the Russian city of Orenburg after being hit by Ukrainian drones. The attack also affected a third party: Kazakhstan. It was at this very plant ...
A Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian oil-loading facility near Novorossiysk has disrupted oil exports, impacting both Russia and Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan relies on this route for 80 percent of its oil ...
ASTANA, November 11. /TASS/. Trade turnover between Russia and Kazakhstan is approaching $30 bln per year, and the two countries are actively expanding investment cooperation, with investments ...
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan told Ukraine on Sunday to stop attacking the Black Sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which handles more than 1% of global oil, after a major drone ...