Kazakhstan's new parliament reinstalled a close ally of President Nursultan Nazarbayev as prime minister, demonstrating loyal backing for the veteran leader after elections criticized by the West as falling short of democracy. ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan's...

Three parties won entry to Kazakhstan's parliament, election results showed on Monday, a small concession to democracy by President Nursultan Nazarbayev after deadly clashes in a mutinous oil town shook the Central Asian state's image of stability...

Kazakhstan shouldn't use an official investigation into recent violence to crack down on opposition politicians and government critics. ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan shouldn't use an official investigation into recent...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — A major oil-refining plant in the southern Kazakhstan city of Shymkent has been damaged in a fire, local media reported Monday. The scale of the damage is not yet clear, but the blaze may further deepen fuel deficits in the country. Despite...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Authorities in Kazakhstan have arrested the recently dismissed head of customs for bribery. The finance police said Monday that Serik Baimaganbetov is being held in Astana, and faces charges of abuse of office and large-scale bribery. Baimaganbetov...

Kazakhstan is prosecuting four senior police officers for using excessive force against rioters in an oil town where 17 people were killed in some of the country's worst violence in decades. ALMATY — Kazakhstan is prosecuting...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said Friday that Kiev is still considering joining the customs union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Friday that Kiev is still considering joining the customs union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, Interfax reported. "We are tracking how it's working very closely, and...

Workers uncovered three large jugs filled with the bodies of 29 fetuses as well as other assorted body parts and organs while excavating a radioactive waste site in Kazakhstan. Workers uncovered three large jugs filled with the bodies of 29 fetuses as well as other assorted body parts and organs while excavating a radioactive waste site in Kazakhstan, newspaper Express K reported Wednesday. The containers were...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The Kyrgyz government says it will reprimand officials responsible for allowing contaminated radioactive coal to be imported into the country from Kazakhstan. Emergency Services Minister Kubatbek Boronov said Thursday that 990 tons of tainted coal will be shipped back to Kazakhstan later this week. Deputy Prime Minister Aaly Karashev said officials who failed to prevent the coal from being imported...

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ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan is prosecuting four senior police officers for using excessive force against rioters in an oil town, where 17 people were killed in some of the country's worst violence in decades. A regional deputy police head who coordinated...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — An unregistered political party in Kazakhstan says its offices and the homes of top party officials were raided Monday by police. The searches at the Alga headquarters came only days after Prime Minister Karim Masimov vowed the nation...

... for vodka and other drinks. Lawmakers in Moscow have expressed alarm at Customs Union rules that could lift a Russia-wide ban on reusing bottles for vodka and other drinks. In the latest in an increasingly acrimonious deadlock between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus over alcohol regulation, Alexander Torshin, first deputy speaker of the Federation Council, told Interfax on Friday that lifting the ban would mean a surge in contraband booze and threats to consumer safety. "Used bottles are...

... results on Tuesday in a public repudiation of weekend elections that reinforced President Nursultan Nazarbayev's grip on power only a month after deadly clashes in a mutinous oil town. 
Around 100 disgruntled voters held a peaceful protest in Kazakhstan's largest city to say they did not recognize the results of the elections, which were heralded by authorities in the republic as a democratic first. In a rare provocative gesture, Social Democratic leaders set fire to a Nur Otan campaign poster...

... long-serving minister moves to take the position of head of the Eurasian Economic Commission. Medvedev awarded Khristenko the Order of Merit for his services. The resignation has been expected since December, when Customs Union partners Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan agreed on Khristenko's chairmanship of the new body. Khristenko, who has served as head of the ministry since 2004, is married to Health and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova. Both faced accusations of corruption last year after...

... Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov reiterated that his country wouldn't join a Russia-led customs union after the two countries failed to review their natural gas agreement and Russia banned imports of some Ukrainian cheese. "Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan signed all accords without us," Azarov told journalists Saturday in Kiev. "We offered to use the formula three-plus-one, but we were told that such a format is not suitable." He added that he hoped the format will eventually...

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... percent of all butter did not meet standards. Protasov said other segments also will be checked. Meanwhile, food retail market players attending the summit were not very impressed by the opportunities coming out of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The size of the market will change and some barriers may disappear, Protasov said, but retailers are not now interested in this new Belarus-Kazakhstan market. "Why do we need to go somewhere, to unknown consumers?" said Oleg Goncharov...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Uzbek authorities are, apparently, unwilling to give love a chance. Local media reported Tuesday that Uzbekistan has canceled concerts and other events for Valentine's Day, according to RIA-Novosti. Instead, residents in the capital, Tashkent...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Prosecutors in Kyrgyzstan say seven people face charges over the import of contaminated radioactive coal from Kazakhstan. The prosecutor general's office said Tuesday that health and customs officers allowed the coal to be sent to schools, an orphanage and an old people's home. The case has caused a furor, with rival politicians accusing one another of benefiting...