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UK agency also shuts other high-profile cases including Rio Tinto investigationThe UK’s Serious Fraud Office has abandoned a criminal investigation into the Kazakh mining group ENRC, ending a decade-long corruption inquiry mired in controversy.The SFO …
Read MoreBody of Melbourne lawyer Jake Herd found at high altitude in poor weather near Big Almaty LakeFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian tourist who w…
Read MoreRevelation raises questions about whether US and Europe should have been more prepared for 2014 invasionVladimir Putin told Bill Clinton three years before his 2014 attack on Ukraine that he was not bound by the Budapest Memorandum guaranteeing the cou…
Read MoreHuman rights groups raise concerns after UK trade envoy Daniel Kawczynski praised the country’s ‘functioning democracy’The Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski is facing criticism after the Kazakh government funded a £5,100 trip for him to observe electio…
Read MoreTrip to examine country’s rights record derailed as meetings with government officials also cancelledA high-profile trip by two senior UK parliamentarians to Kazakhstan to examine its human rights record has almost immediately run into trouble as they …
Read MoreWith high salt levels in traditional dishes linked to disease, health campaigners are urging change, from product labels to suggestions for alternative seasoningKazakhstan’s national cuisine is not complete without salt. It is in everything from kurt, …
Read MoreDamaging optics of ‘family’ photo at CSTO summit highlights fragility of Russia’s influence in wake of war in UkraineRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesArmenia has asked the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to chair peace talks with Azerbaijan i…
Read MoreCommission to focus on detention of journalist and political leader Zhanbolat Mamai after nationwide protestsThe state of human rights in the vast, mineral-rich central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan, including the continued detention of opposition leade…
Read MoreAnna and her husband, who fled to Kazakhstan after mobilisation decree, are planning a new life in TurkeyAnna, a Russian energy sector worker, describes how her husband fled Russia for Kazakhstan following Putin’s mobilisation announcement and explains…
Read MoreLiving in Kazakhstan for more than three years, photojournalist Frédéric Noy documented the culture and atmosphere of a turbulent country working to define itself in the shadow of the Soviet UnionShaped in the crucible of central Asia, Kazakhstan, the …
Read MoreComplaints filed by charity named after ex-president reopen the debate over legal action against public interest journalismFour media outlets in the UK and the US are facing libel claims after publishing investigative reports into allegations about the…
Read MoreMoscow’s influence in the Caucasus and central Asia is being unravelled by its ‘special military operation’The rout of the Russian army in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region seems likely to be a turning point in Kyiv’s battle to kick Russian troops out of the co…
Read MoreUkraine setback weakens Russian position as leaders prepare to jostle for regional influence in UzbekistanMajor setbacks for Moscow’s forces in Ukraine will further test the “limitless partnership” between China and Russia when their leaders meet this …
Read MoreThe capital of the central Asian country was renamed Nur-sultan in 2019 in honour of outgoing president Nursultan NazarbayevKazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has agreed to restore the former name of the country’s capital just three years after he …
Read MoreTehran denies Khayyam satellite will be under Russian control, despite reported admission by MoscowRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesRussia has launched an Iranian satellite from Kazakhstan amid concerns it could be used for battlefield surveillance i…
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