Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
2011 Kazakhstan Special Weapons News
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- Kazakh City Under Security, Information Lockdown Following Deadly Riots RFE/RL 21 Dec 2011 -- Officials are claiming that calm has been restored in Zhanaozen, the scene of deadly riots in western Kazakhstan last week. But based on the trickle of information coming from the city, it's an eerie calm at best.
- Kazakh Authorities Try To Extinguish Unrest In Unruly West RFE/RL 19 Dec 2011 -- Authorities in western Kazakhstan insist they have restored order following deadly clashes between police and out-of-work laborers that left at least 13 people dead and more than 85 wounded.
- State Of Emergency In Restive Kazakh Town RFE/RL 17 Dec 2011 -- Kazakhstan's president has issued a decree enforcing a state of emergency and a curfew in Zhanaozen, a western Kazakh town where at least 11 people were shot dead amid a protest by striking oil workers on December 16.
- Jailed Kazakh Uranium Tycoon's Second Trial Starts RFE/RL 15 Nov 2011 -- Hearings in a case against the jailed former chief of Kazakhstan's Atomic Agency (KazAtomProm) have begun in Astana.
- Russia, Kazakhstan to set up joint air-defense system RIA Novosti 22 Sep 2011 -- Russia and Kazakhstan are planning to set up a joint air-defense system in the very near future.
- Kazakhstan's Nazarbaev Calls For Nuclear Weapon Curbs RFE/RL 21 Sep 2011 -- President Nazarbaev of Kazakhstan has called for stronger efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and reduce stockpiles.
- Slow Death In Kazakhstan's Land Of Nuclear Tests RFE/RL 29 Aug 2011 -- It has been 20 years since the world's most infamous nuclear test site was shuttered, but fallout from the Soviet Union's nuclear program is evident today.
- Voice Of Kazakh Protest Gaining Strength RFE/RL 15 Jun 2011 -- When a few hundred oil workers in southwestern Kazakhstan launched a strike to demand higher wages in early May, no one expected the protest would last long or have much of an impact.
- Who Would Succeed Kazakh President Nazarbaev? RFE/RL 22 Apr 2011 -- Who will succeed Nursultan Nazarbaev once the long-serving president of oil-rich Kazakhstan departs from the political scene?
- Kazakhstan open to discuss turning Baikonur Space Center into JSC RIA Novosti 19 Apr 2011 -- Kazakhstan is ready to consider Russia's proposal of converting the Baikonur Space Center into a joint-stock company with Russia as a major shareholder, Kazakh chief Talgat Musabayev said on Tuesday.
- Kazakhstan's Nazarbaev Wins Landslide In Poll Slammed By Observers RFE/RL 04 Apr 2011 -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has secured a new five-year term in office in a weekend election that has been sharply criticized by international monitors.
- Huge Turnout As Nazarbaev Eyes Easy Victory In Early Kazakh Vote RFE/RL 03 Apr 2011 -- Kazakhs turned out in force for early elections that are virtually certain to hand authoritarian leader Nursultan Nazarbaev a new five-year term.
- Kazakhstan holds snap presidential elections RIA Novosti 03 Apr 2011 -- Over 9 million Kazakh citizens will come to polling stations on Sunday to vote for one of the four candidates vying for presidency, including incumbent President Nursultan Nazarbayev, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
- Kazakh President Energized After China Trip RFE/RL 23 Feb 2011 -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has wrapped up a visit to China and is heading home with lucrative contracts to supply China with energy resources and promises of some $7 billion in Chinese loans for projects in Kazakhstan.
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