Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
2010 Kazakhstan Special Weapons News
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- Russia, Kazakhstan to set up joint air defense network RIA Novosti 08 Dec 2010 -- Russia and Kazakhstan have agreed to create a joint regional air defense network, chief of Kazakh air defenses Lt. Gen. Alexander Sorokin said on Wednesday.
- Russia may help Kazakh military with C4I system RIA Novosti 08 Dec 2010 -- Russia has offered Kazakhstan assistance in creating an automated command and control information management system for the Central Asian state's Armed Forces, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
- Kazakh pilots to start flying Russian Yak-130 warplanes in spring RIA Novosti 08 Dec 2010 -- Kazakh Air Force pilots will start using the Russian-made Yak-130 advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft next spring, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
- Russia to deliver S-300 air defense systems to Kazakhstan RIA Novosti 08 Dec 2010 -- Russia will soon sign a contract on the supply of S-300 air defense systems to Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
- Kazakhstan calls on OSCE to adopt nuclear-free declaration RIA Novosti 01 Dec 2010 -- Kazakh President Nazarbayev called on OSCE member states to adopt a declaration in support of a nuclear free world.
- Astrium to fully equip Kazakhstan’s Satellite Integration and Test Centre EADS 27 Oct 2010 -- The partnership between Astrium and JSC NC Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS), the national company charged with the development of Kazakhstan’s space programme, has reached another major milestone with the signature of a contract for a Satellite Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) Centre in Astana.
- Kazakhstan urges all UN members to endorse treaty banning nuclear tests UN News Centre 25 Sep 2010 -- Kazakhstan today urged all States that have not signed or ratified the United Nations-backed treaty banning nuclear testing to do so quickly, saying the entry into force of the pact will be an important step towards ridding humanity of the threat posed by nuclear weapons.
- Kazakhstan to join Russia-Ukraine space program RIA Novosti 16 Sep 2010 -- Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia will work together as part of the Cosmotrans space cooperation project.
- Medvedev to discuss customs union, nuclear issues in Kazakhstan RIA Novosti 03 Sep 2010 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay a visit to Kazakhstan on September 6-7.
- Kazakhstan officially approves Uranium One swap deal with ARMZ RIA Novosti 02 Sep 2010 -- Kazakhstan has approved Canada's Uranium One's sale of a controlling stake to Russian state-owned miner Atomredmetzoloto.
- Kazakh, British, U.S. Troops Open Drills RFE/RL 16 Aug 2010 -- Kazakh, British and U.S. troops are teaming up for 10 days of joint military exercises.
- Kazakh 'Leader Of The Nation' Nazarbaev Turns 70 RFE/RL 06 Jul 2010 -- Kazakhstan is marking the 70th birthday of its longtime leader, Nursultan Nazarbaev.
- Kazakh President Becomes 'Leader Of The Nation' RFE/RL 13 May 2010 -- Kazakhstan's upper house of parliament has approved constitutional amendments granting President Nursultan Nazarbaev the status of "leader of the nation."
- India's Foreign Minister leaves for Kazakhstan IRNA 11 May 2010 -- India's Foreign Minister S M Krishna will be leaving for Kazakhstan Tuesday evening on a bilateral visit.
- Kazakh Torture Case Being Brought Before UN RFE/RL 22 Apr 2010 -- In March 2007, Aleksandr Gerasimov went to a local police station in Kostanay, a city in northern Kazakhstan, to ask about his stepson, who had been arrested.
- Kazakhstan seeks equal share in commercial space projects RIA Novosti 09 Apr 2010 -- Kazakhstan intends to acquire 33% stakes in two Russian-Ukrainian joint ventures using the Baikonur space center for launches of Dnepr and Zenit carrier rockets, the country's top space official said Friday.
- Kazakhstan finally ratifies Baikonur rental deal with Russia RIA Novosti 09 Apr 2010 -- The upper chamber of the Kazakh parliament, the Senate, ratified on Friday a 2004 agreement to extend Russia's use of the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
- Kazakh Oil Company Director Fired Amid Massive Strike RFE/RL 16 Mar 2010 -- The director of the Ozenmunaygaz energy company was fired today amid a strike by thousands of oil workers in southwestern Kazakhstan, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
- Kazakh parliament ratifies deal on post-Soviet rapid reaction force RIA Novosti 04 Feb 2010 -- Kazakhstan's parliament ratified an agreement on Thursday on establishing a post-Soviet security group's rapid reaction force.
- Kazakh Parties Demand Probe Into Alleged Corrupt China Deal RFE/RL 04 Feb 2010 -- Leaders from the Kazakh Communist Party and the unregistered Algha (Forward) party are demanding an immediate investigation into accusations of corruption by President Nursultan Nazarbaev's son-in-law, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
- Ex-KNB Head Says Austrian Court Made Politically Motivated Verdict RFE/RL 20 Jan 2010 -- The former head of the Kazakh National Security Service (KNB) says a "not guilty" verdict by an Austrian court in an alleged abduction attempt against him was made to please Kazakhstan, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
- Kazakhstan Lays Out Vision For Controversial OSCE Chairmanship RFE/RL 14 Jan 2010 -- Kazakhstan today formally began its one-year chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
- Kazakhstan vows to help crew of arms cargo plane in Thailand RIA Novosti 13 Jan 2010 -- The Kazakh Foreign Ministry has pledged to do everything possible to assist four of its citizens who were part of a crew of an arms-laden airplane seized in Bangkok in mid-December.
- Kazakh President's Nephew Gets Post In Security Service RFE/RL 12 Jan 2010 -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has appointed his nephew to head the National Security Service's (KNB) human resources department, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
- Kazakhstan Faces Responsibility, Scrutiny As OSCE Chair RFE/RL 07 Jan 2010 -- whose head, Kanat Saudabaev, is tasked with carrying out the duties of chairman in office in his capacity as foreign minister -- is making every effort to demonstrate that it is up to the task.
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