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April 2024 - Kazakhstan Special Weapons News
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- Former Kazakh Interior Minister Detained Over Deadly 2022 Unrest RFE/RL 30 Apr 2024 -- The Kazakh Prosecutor-General's Office said investigators have detained former Interior Minister Erlan Turghymbaev on a charge of abuse of office and power.
- Booming Trade, 'Expansion' Rumors On Kazakhstan's Chinese Border RFE/RL 29 Apr 2024 -- "You and I are not just driving along any road, we are driving along the great Silk Road," Ertugan, the driver who is taking me east toward the border with China, says with pride. But today instead of camel caravans carrying silk and spices, the route rumbles with trucks hauling sneakers and bed linen.
- David Cameron's Very Central Asian Week: More Than Just A Jaunt? RFE/RL 26 Apr 2024 -- Cameron's visit to the region came several months after the publication of a report by the U.K. parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee titled Countries At Crossroads: U.K. Engagement In Central Asia.
- After Historic Floods, Some In Southern Russia Now Living In Tents RFE/RL 26 Apr 2024 -- Over 48 hours on April 17-18, the village of Malye Yarki in Russia's southern Tyumen region was inundated after the Ishim River burst its banks amid widespread flooding that hit several regions of southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan.
- Britain Open To Deeper Partnership With Kazakhstan, Cameron Tells RFE/RL RFE/RL 25 Apr 2024 -- British Foreign Secretary David Cameron told RFE/RL that his country is open to building a deeper partnership with Kazakhstan.
- Additional Rescue Teams Sent To West Kazakhstan To Tackle Flood Situation RFE/RL 22 Apr 2024 -- The Kazakh government has sent additional rescue teams to West Kazakhstan Province to deal with ongoing floods, which have hit much of the country's north and west. Meanwhile, across the border in southern Russia, officials braced for the Ishim River to crest.
- Rising Rivers Force More Evacuations in Kazakhstan, Russia RFE/RL 19 Apr 2024 -- Water levels are still rising in rivers crossing Kazakhstan and Russia as floods continue to wreak havoc and force the evacuation of thousands from towns and cities.
- More Deaths Confirmed In Kazakhstan, Russia As Devastating Floods Continue RFE/RL 17 Apr 2024 -- Seven people have been found dead in Kazakhstan as floods caused by abrupt warm weather that led to a massive snowmelt continue to wreak havoc across the country and in southern Russia.
- More Evacuations Ordered in Russia Amid 'Colossal' Flooding RFE/RL 16 Apr 2024 -- Russian officials continued to order the evacuation of areas in Siberia and parts of the south as massive floods sparked by heavy rains and a rapid snowmelt show few signs of letting up.
- Nearly 125,000 Evacuated Due To Floods In Kazakhstan, Russia RFE/RL 15 Apr 2024 -- Almost 125,000 people have been evacuated from areas hit by massive floods in parts of Russia and Kazakhstan where water levels continue to rise in several regions.
- Tens of thousands displaced as floods engulf Kazakhstan, Russia Press TV 15 Apr 2024 -- More than 125,000 people have been displaced as floods engulfed swathes of northern Kazakhstan and Russia's Urals region.
- Water Levels Rise Again To Record Levels In Southern Russia, Kazakhstan RFE/RL 13 Apr 2024 -- The water level in the city of Orenburg continued to rise on April 13 as a deluge from heavy rains and snowmelt accelerated by unseasonably warm temperatures forced mass evacuations in southern Russia and in neighboring Kazakhstan.
- Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 09 Apr 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
- Leading Kazakh Sinologist Jailed On Treason Charge Released On Parole RFE/RL 05 Apr 2024 -- A leading Kazakh sinologist and former senior government adviser, Konstantin Syroyezhkin, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison on high-treason charges in 2019, has been released on parole five years early.
- Kazakh Consortium Denies Oil Spill In Caspian Sea Operation RFE/RL 03 Apr 2024 -- The operator of Kazakhstan's offshore Kashagan oil field in the Caspian Sea on April 2 denied reports of an oil spill and said its facilities were working normally.
- Government Under Fire As Kazakh Regions Go Under Water RFE/RL 02 Apr 2024 -- Water and Kazakhstan: There's either not enough of it -- or entirely too much.
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