| 03/17/2018 09:15 | Russia accuses West of enabling terrorists in Syria (Kashmir Observer)
Syria crisis: Iran, Russia and Turkey hold talks in Astana - Kashmir Observer |
| 03/17/2018 08:15 | Eastern Ghouta heading towards disaster, clashes must end, Turkish FM says at Astana meeting (BBC News)
Syria war: Thousands flee twin offensives in Afrin and Ghouta - BBC News |
| 03/17/2018 04:40 | Russia accuses West of enabling terrorists in Syria ( The New Indian Express )
ASTANA: Russia on Friday accused western powers of enabling terrorists in Syria, after meeting with Iran and Turkey for a new round of talks to try and broker an end to the conflict there. The Russian, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers had met in the Kazakh capital of Astana, and the focus of their ... |
| 03/17/2018 04:40 | Russia, Iran and Turkey hold more Syria talks in Astana ( Al Jazeera America )
The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey have been holding more talks in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, to try to resolve the Syrian conflict. The three players are on opposing sides of the war but have been working together for more than a year to try to reduce the violence. Al Jazeera's Zeina ... |
| 03/17/2018 00:35 | Russia accuses West of enabling terrorists in Syria ( Yahoo News )
Astana (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - Russia on Friday accused western powers of enabling terrorists in Syria, after meeting with Iran and Turkey for a new round of talks to try and broker an end to the conflict there. The Russian, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers had met in the Kazakh capital of Astana, and ... |
| 03/17/2018 00:35 | Rare Central Asian Summit Signals Regional Thaw ( RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty )
ASTANA -- Four Central Asian presidents met in Kazakhstan for the first regional summit in almost a decade, a sign of improving ties following the death of divisive Uzbek leader Islam Karimov in 2016. The host, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, described what he called a new "mood" in the ... |
| 03/16/2018 23:25 | Kazakhstan: Two High-Profile Trials Conclude With Jailings ( EurasiaNet )
Two high-profile criminal trials in Kazakhstan â one for murder and the other for corruption â wrapped up this week with guilty verdicts and prison ... Earlier in the week, on March 14, a packed courtroom in Astana heard a judge also hand a 10-year prison sentence to former National Economy Minister ... |
| 03/16/2018 21:30 | Russia, Turkey, Iran vow to continue cooperating to eliminate Islamic State ( TASS )
The guarantors of the Syrian ceasefire - Russia, Turkey and Iran - will continue cooperating to eliminate the Islamic State terror group (outlawed in Russia) and other terrorist groups, the three countries' foreign ministers said in a joint statement adopted at a meeting in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana on ... |
| 03/16/2018 20:30 | Iran, Russia and Turkey hold Syria talks in Astana (Reuters)
Syria's eastern Ghouta heading towards 'disaster', Turkey's Cavusoglu says - Reuters |
| 03/16/2018 19:40 | Eastern Ghouta heading towards disaster, clashes must end, Turkish FM says at Astana meeting (Mehr News Agency - English Version)
Guarantor states meetings kicks off in Astana - Mehr News Agency - English Version |
| 03/16/2018 18:35 | Vegetable oil production launches in East Kazakhstan region ( Astana Times )
Vegetable oil production launches in East Kazakhstan region ... ASTANA â Tag-Tin is the latest Kazakh company to use state financing to increase production to compete with foreign producers. ... The East Kazakhstan region is the second after the Almaty region where rapeseeds will be processed. |
| 03/16/2018 13:20 | KAZAKHSTAN: One church, two prosecutions ( Forum 18 )
A court in Shymkent in South Kazakhstan Region fined and banned for a month the Protestant New Life Church for having only three rather than five fire ... In addition, an Astana court fined the company Mega Plaza in November 2017 for hosting a Muslim prayer room (namazkhana) and banned the ... |
| 03/16/2018 12:10 | Rare Central Asian Summit Signals Regional Thaw ( RadioFarda )
ASTANA -- Four Central Asian presidents are meeting in Kazakhstan for the first regional summit in almost a decade, a sign of improving ties following the death of divisive Uzbek leader Islam Karimov in 2016. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev is hosting Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev, Kyrgyz ... |
| 03/16/2018 12:10 | Fugitive banker Ablyazov's movement banned in Kazakhstan ( Astana Times )
ASTANA â The Kazakhstan Prosecutor General's Office announced March 13 that Astana's Yessil District Court has determined the so called âDemocratic Choice of Kazakhstanâ (DCK) unregistered movement as extremist and, hence, its activity illegal. The movement, led by fugitive banker Mukhtar ... |
| 03/15/2018 02:20 | Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan Intergovt'l Commission convenes in Astana ( http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release) )
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Astana is hosting the 17th session of the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan Joint Intergovernmental Commission on bilateral cooperation. Related news. Anniversary of Kazakh-Qatari diplomatic relations marked in Doha · Kazakhstan signs the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ... |
| 03/14/2018 23:25 | Ex-National Economy Minister of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishimbayev sentenced to 10 years in prison ( AKIpress (press release) )
COM - Former Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishimbayev was sentenced to 10 years in prison being found guilty on three counts of corruption ... "I realize my guilt towards the President," Bishimbayev said speaking at the Astana specialized interdistrict court on criminal cases. |
| 03/14/2018 23:25 | Kazakhstan's 'Golden Boy' Ex-Economy Minister Sentenced To 10 Years ( RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty )
ASTANA -- A court in Astana has sentenced former Kazakh Economy Minister Quandyq Bishimbaev to 10 years in prison after convicting him on charges of bribery and embezzlement. At a hearing on March 14, the court also sentenced several of Bishimbaev's 22 co-defendants to prison terms ranging ... |
| 03/14/2018 17:10 | Kazakhstan labels fugitive tycoon's political movement 'extremist' ( Times of Central Asia )
ASTANA (TCA) â A court in Kazakhstan has branded an opposition political movement established by Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive critic of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, as an extremist organization, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Astana's Esil District Court ruled on March 13 that ... |
| 03/14/2018 15:20 | Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan Movement Outlawed for Extremism ( Latin American Herald Tribune )
ASTANA â The Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan movement (DCK), founded by fugitive banker and opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov, was declared ... Basing its ruling on Kazakhstan's anti-extremism law, the court found that âDCK leader Mukhtar Ablyazov and his activists' criminal objective is to ... |
| 03/13/2018 23:20 | Fugitive Tycoon's Political Movement Found 'Extremist' In Kazakhstan ( RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty )
ASTANA -- A court in Kazakhstan has branded an opposition political movement established by Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive critic of President Nursultan Nazarbaev, as an extremist organization. Astana's Esil District Court ruled on March 13 that Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK) "propagates the ... |
