Nov 02 2020
BISHKEK When mobs stormed government buildings and hounded the president from office in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after disputed elections last month, Vladimir Putin seemed unimpressed.
Oct 28 2020
MOSCOW/ALMATY Ridiculed once again in a film featuring fictional Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, the ex-Soviet state of Kazakhstan has embraced the joke this time round and adopted Borat's catch phrase to try to attract tourists. | Video
Oct 27 2020
MOSCOW/ALMATY, Oct 27 Ridiculed once again in a
film featuring fictional Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, the
ex-Soviet state of Kazakhstan has embraced the joke this time
round and adopted Borat's catch phrase to try to attract
tourists.
Oct 15 2020
BISHKEK Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday, leaving power in the hands of a nationalist rival whose supporters freed him from jail last week. | Video
Mar 06 2020
ALMATY, March 6 Kazakhstan's Halyk Bank
, the first private foreign lender to enter Uzbekistan
after recent reforms, plans to grow its market share by
targeting small and medium businesses, the chief executive of
Halyk's Uzbek unit told Reuters.
Dec 09 2019
ALMATY Kazakhstan plans to provide more than $1 billion in aid to at least four local banks after an asset quality review revealed holes in their balance sheets that require capital injections, two sources familiar with the plans told Reuters.
Dec 09 2019
ALMATY Kazakhstan plans to provide more than $1 billion in aid to at least four local banks after an asset quality review revealed holes in their balance sheets that require capital injections, two sources familiar with the plans told Reuters.
Dec 09 2019
ALMATY, Dec 9 Kazakhstan plans to provide more
than $1 billion in aid to at least four local banks after an
asset quality review revealed holes in their balance sheets that
require capital injections, two sources familiar with the plans
told Reuters.
Nov 05 2019
MAILUU-SUU, Kyrgyzstan Hidden in a remote Central Asian gorge, thousands of tonnes of radioactive waste are one landslide away from contaminating the water supply for the whole Ferghana valley, home to millions of people, environmentalists say.
Aug 30 2019
ALMATY Kazakhstan's government allowed pro-democracy youth activists to hold small-scale public rallies demanding constitutional reform on Friday, signaling more tolerance for its critics.