Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
2012 Kazakhstan Special Weapons News
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- Border Guard Plane Crashes in Kazakhstan, 27 Dead RIA Novosti 25 Dec 2012 -- A military plane crashed in southern Kazakhstan on Tuesday, killing all 27 people onboard, including the acting head of Kazakhstan's border guard service, the National Security Committee said.
- Kazakhstan Wants Russia to Hand Over Space Town RIA Novosti 10 Dec 2012 -- Kazakhstan and Russia are in talks over returning the city of Baikonur in Kazakhstan - home to Russia's main rocket launch center - from Russian to local jurisdiction, the head of Kazakhstan's space agency (Kazkosmos) said on Monday.
- Gaddafi Offered Kazakhstan Billions for 'Muslim Atom Bombs' - UN Official RIA Novosti 29 Nov 2012 -- Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi offered the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan 'billions' in the early 1990s to retain its nuclear arsenal as the Muslim world's 'first atomic weapons,' a former Kazakh foreign minister and high-ranking UN official said on Thursday.
- Statement by George Little on Completion of Degelen Mountain Nonproliferation Work DoD 18 Oct 2012
- Nuclear weapons are no 'guarantee of security,' Kazakh Foreign Ministers tells UN debate UN News Centre 29 Sep 2012 -- The inability of nuclear weapons to guarantee a country's security or independence was highlighted in the speech of Kazakhstan's Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kairat Umarov, to the United Nations General Assembly today.
- Russia, Kazakhstan Sign Helicopter Repair Deal RIA Novosti 05 May 2012 -- Russia and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on Saturday to provide after-sale services and repair of Russian helicopters in the Central Asian country.
- Russia to Set Up Military Maintenance Centers in Kazakhstan RIA Novosti 04 May 2012 -- Russia is planning to establish maintenance centers for Russian arms and military equipment in service with the Kazakh Armed Forces in Kazakhstan, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said on Friday.
- Remarks by President Obama and President Nursultan Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan Before Bilateral Meeting The White House 26 Mar 2012
- Hundreds Of Kazakh Opposition Supporters Rally In Almaty RFE/RL 28 Jan 2012 -- Hundreds of Kazakh opposition supporters protested on January 28 in Almaty against President Nursultan Nazarbaev and the results of recent elections.
- Kazakh President: Curfew To End In Restive Town RFE/RL 27 Jan 2012 -- Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev says he does not plan to prolong the curfew in the restive town of Zhanaozen beyond its scheduled end at the end of January.
- Kazakh Police Raid Opposition Party Office RFE/RL 23 Jan 2012 -- Kazakh security services have searched the Almaty office of the unregistered Algha (Forward) party, as well as the homes of the opposition party's leader and several activists.
- Riot Investigator Decries Lack Of Access To Zhanaozen Residents RFE/RL 09 Jan 2012 -- A leading opposition politician has said that the reluctance of the Kazakh authorities to share information is hampering investigations into the violence that broke out in the country's west last month.
- Kazakh President Extends State Of Emergency In Oil City RFE/RL 04 Jan 2012 -- Kazakh President Nazarbaev has issued a decree extending until January 31 a state of emergency in the western oil city of Zhanaozen.
- Kazakhstan extends state of emergency in Zhanaozen RIA Novosti 04 Jan 2012 -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev extended a state of emergency in Zhanaozen, the Mangistau region of Kazakhstan, to January 31.
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