Kazakhstan has launched construction of a major power plant without Russian financial backing as delays in securing funding ...

Kazakhstan may replace Russia with South Korean and Chinese companies in the construction of three new thermal power plants, ...

“When President Trump announced the introduction of tariffs in April, Kazakh officials were surprised to see their country on ...

The Central Asian nation, rich in critical minerals, is deepening its ties to China but does relatively little trade with the ...

Kazakhstan, whose close ties with Russia and China have made it a significant regional player in Central Asia, has said it is ...

Kazakhstan's oil output in the first half of 2025 rose by around 11.6% to 49.9 million metric tons from the same period in ...

On the surface, Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip to Kazakhstan on Nov. 9 exuded an air of business as usual. The Russian leader was met at dawn on the tarmac of Astana airport by Kazakhstan ...

Floods engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing about 110,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of the ...

Police in Russia have found the dead body of a man with mouthful of gold teeth - matching the description of what could be ...

Russia sent paratroopers into Kazakhstan on Thursday to help put down a violent nationwide uprising that has led to the deaths of scores of demonstrators and more than a dozen police officers.

But any move by Russia towards an invasion of Kazakhstan would risk drawing China's ire, an associate fellow at Chatham House, the London-based think tank, told Newsweek.

What does the Kremlin want out of Kazakhstan, why did it send troops -- and how might the upheaval in the neighboring nation affect developments in Russia itself for years to come?