Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
June 2024 - Kazakhstan Special Weapons News
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- Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 24 Jun 2024
- Kazakhstan needs to overhaul labor, poverty statistics, experts say VOA 22 Jun 2024 -- Economic analysts in Kazakhstan say the government is using a formulation for setting the poverty line that fails to capture the number of people living below a humane standard of living. The result, they say, lowers the amount of assistance provided to the poor.
- Kazakh President Signs Into Law Controversial Bill On Media RFE/RL 20 Jun 2024 -- Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev has signed into law a controversial bill on mass media that will hinder journalists from getting comments from officials and interviews.
- Unfinished Business: Alia Nazarbaeva Poses A Problem For 'New Kazakhstan' RFE/RL 12 Jun 2024 -- Former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev's youngest daughter, Alia, has suffered what would have been unthinkable during her father's long reign: a defeat in court.
- EU-Kazakhstan: 21st Cooperation Committee Meeting held in Brussels European External Action Service (EEAS) 10 Jun 2024 -- On 6 June, in Brussels, the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan held their 21st meeting of the Cooperation Committee. The EU acknowledged the positive dynamics in EU-Kazakhstan bilateral relations and expressed its commitment to maintain the momentum and further enhance this relationship. The EU and Kazakhstan exchanged views on topics of common interest in the current challenging geopolitical context. The EU welcomed Kazakhstan's principled position in support of the international rules-based order and the UN Charter, as well as for its constructive role at regional and global level.
- Toqaev's Kazakhstan Still Fighting Fires 5 Years After Replacing Nazarbaev RFE/RL 10 Jun 2024 -- A change in order to keep things the same.
- Imprisoned Former Kazakh PM Asks President For Clemency RFE/RL 10 Jun 2024 -- Karim Masimov, a once-powerful politician who twice served as Kazakhstan's prime minister, has officially asked President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev for clemency from a treason conviction dating to when he was the chief of the National Security Committee (KNB).
- Kremlin Spokesman's Daughter Reportedly Registered In Kazakhstan Amid Western Sanctions RFE/RL 05 Jun 2024 -- Systema, RFE/RL's Russian investigative unit, said on June 4 that it had discovered the name and details of a person who it believes is Yelizaveta Peskova, the daughter of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in the national taxpayer registry of Kazakhstan.
- EU-Central Asia: 11th High-Level Political and Security Dialogue held in Brussels European External Action Service (EEAS) 05 Jun 2024 -- The eleventh round of the annual High-Level Political and Security Dialogue between the European Union and the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) took place in Brussels on 5 June.
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