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Favorable spring lifts Kazakhstan wheat outlook
Generally favorable conditions for spring grain planting will see Kazakhstan harvest 14 million tonnes of wheat in marketing…
Russia Backtracks on Pledge to Raise Minimum Draft Age
Russia will keep its minimum conscription age at 18 despite a promise to raise the limit as part…
Russian Navy Holds Live Fire ‘Exercise’ in Black Sea
Russia’s navy carried out a live fire “exercise” in the northwest Black Sea, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said Friday,…
Russia Hikes Interest Rates for First Time Since Post-Invasion Fallout
Russia’s Central Bank hiked interest rates on Friday for the first time in 16 months, as Moscow’s spending…
Russia Detains Former Separatist Ukraine Commander
Russian army veteran and ex-FSB officer Igor Girkin has been detained, his wife and the RBC business daily’s sources said Friday. …
US Says Ukraine’s Use of Cluster Bombs Against Russia ‘effective’
Controversial cluster munitions supplied by the United States are being used “effectively” by Ukrainian forces in their counteroffensive against…
Russian Hardline Putin Critic and Commander Strelkov Detained in Moscow
Outspoken pro-war blogger Igor Girkin, who has fiercely criticised Russia’s military strategy in Ukraine, has been remanded in…
Russia’s Ozon Ecommerce Retailer Starts Constructing Huge Logistics Complex In Kazakhstan
Russia’s first e-commerce company, Ozon, has started the construction of the logistics complex in Kazakhstan, with an investment of…
The Caspian Conundrum: Receding Waters Spell Trouble For Kazakhstan
Azamat Sarsenbaev, an activist from the Kazakh Caspian Sea city of Aqtau, is trying to bring attention to…
Ukraine’s Culture Minister Quits in Spending Dispute
Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko offered his resignation on Thursday after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized the lawmaker for overspending at a time…