Russian explanations for Azeri plane crash were delusional, says Azerbaijan’s President
Aliev says Azerbaijan Airlines Flight JS-8432 was shot down from the ground near Russia's Grozny.
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Ukraine’s spymaster Budanov confirms Russia shot down Azeri plane
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight JS-8432 struck by Russian surface-to-air missile system crashed in Kazakhstan's Aktau after being denied emergency landing at Russian airports on 25 December.
Israel’s airline halts Moscow flights after Russian missile reportedly downs civilian plane
El Al suspends Moscow routes following reports that Russian missile downed civilian plane over Kazakhstan, killing 38, as investigators probe claims of blocked emergency landing attempts and GPS interference.
Russian Pantsir system likely downed Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan, say Defense Express analysts
The passenger Embraer 190 aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), which crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, was likely downed by…
Pentagon warns Russia may launch another Oreshnik missile at Ukraine
The DoD warns Russia may launch another experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile, while also confirming the Russian military's withdrawal from Syria's Tartus base following Assad's fall.
The Insider: Russia continues to receive sniper rifles and ammunition from EU and US despite sanctions
The arms are flowing through neighboring countries at dramatically increased rates, a new investigation reveals.
ISW: Putin meets with Tokayev as Kazakhstan remains key in Russia’s sanctions evasion schemes
The two leaders solidified Russian-Kazakh relations, signing agreements on economic, energy, and transit cooperation.
Exiled Kazakh journalist dies after shooting in Kyiv, exposing global reach of authoritarian regimes
Aidos Sadykov, a Kazakh opposition figure who fled to Ukraine in 2014, died on July 2 after being shot in Kyiv. His murder not only strains Ukraine-Kazakhstan relations but also highlights the increasing vulnerability of political dissidents abroad, even in countries seen as safe havens.
Reuters: Russia has allegedly started talks with Kazakhstan about gasoline supplies amid shortages
Russia has requested Kazakhstan to reserve 100,000 tons of gasoline in case of shortages caused by Ukrainian drone attacks and outages, according to three industry sources.
Zelenskyy: Russia won’t stop in Ukraine, will target Kazakhstan, Baltic states, Poland, Germany next
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy warns that if Ukraine loses to Russia, Putin aims to target Kazakhstan, Baltic states, Poland, and Germany, seeking to restore the former Soviet Union's imperial glory and geographical borders.
Poland allows sanctioned Belarusian timber into EU with forged documents, according to investigation
Journalists discovered documents showing Belarusian companies are using Poland to bypass EU sanctions, falsifying records to pass off Belarusian timber as coming from Kazakhstan.
British intel: Russia recruits foreign nationals against Ukraine, offering payments, fast-track citizenship
Russia seeks foreign recruits in Armenia and Kazakhstan for fighting against Ukraine, offering them payments and fast-track citizenship, according to a British intelligence update.
Genocide, assimilation, theft: Kazakh historian reveals Russian colonialism’s ruthless playbook
Russian colonialism for centuries has relied on the elimination and assimilation of local peoples to build its empire, says Kazakh historian Botakoz Kassymbekova.
Microchip backalley: Armenia, Kazakhstan help Russia evade sanctions, produce weapons
Post-Soviet nations are actually assisting Russia in evading sanctions and manufacturing weapons with the aid of Western technology.…
Russian invasion of other countries highly likely, Zelenskyy says
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Russia may invade other countries to distract the world from its imminent…
Poll: Russian-speaking Kazakhstanis more likely to support Putin’s war in Ukraine than Kazakh speakers
An unusual poll in Kazakhstan conducted by Demoscope for the Adenauer Foundation highlights why it is so important…
Most former Soviet republics seek ‘balance’ on Ukraine to avoid angering Moscow or breaking with the West
Most former Soviet republics have sought to maintain a “balanced” position on Putin’s war in Ukraine lest anything…
Kazakhstan plans to expand use of Caspian route to bypass Russia in trade with the West
According to a Russian analyst, “the events in Ukraine have stimulated the activity of the leadership of the…
Except for Belarus, all of Russia’s ‘allies’ in the EAEC and OCST have failed to support Moscow on Ukraine
If one to view the Russo-Ukrainian war as a stress test for Russia’s allies in the Eurasian Economic…
Stalin’s centralization of archives leaves post-Soviet states without key sources on their histories
A frequent refrain of researchers on Soviet history is that key questions will be answered “when the archives…