Judge Zhasulan Khusainov of Court No. 2 in Almaty’s Medeu District sentenced hieromonk Yakov Vorontsov to four years in a penal colony in a drug possession case. Of the six years imposed, the court applied an amnesty announced by the Kazakh authorities on the occasion of the adoption of the new Constitution; the defense intends to appeal the sentence.

#Almaty #IakovVoroncov #Kazakhstan #PatriarchateofConstantinople #ROC

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Evgeny Nakaznenko, wanted by Russia, arrived in France in August 2026 on a humanitarian visa. After relocating, he says he began receiving threats on WhatsApp with messages about «deportation from Georgia» and «we kiss you on the cold forehead».

#Fakesaboutthearmy #WarinUkraine #Georgia #Kazakhstan #Russianemigration #Russia #France

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At Astana Airport, the capital of Kazakhstan, Ukrainian citizen Lyubov Rozhanskaya was detained at Russia’s request after arriving from Istanbul, Turkey, to pick up her grandson. She is now being held in pretrial detention in Astana, and a court hearing on extradition is expected within three days.

#Arrests #Astana #Kazakhstan #Russia #Ukraine #FSB

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According to a study by «Proekt», Vladimir Putin and Alina Kabaeva were abroad at the same time at least once — in Kazakhstan in February 2017. They flew there separately, and the publication links the timing coincidence to Putin’s informal meetings with Nursultan Nazarbayev near Almaty.

#AlinaKabaeva #VladimirPutin #Kazakhstan #NursultanNazarbaev #uzbekistan #Shymbulak

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Friedrich Merz said at a press conference in Berlin that Germany is interested in increasing oil imports from Kazakhstan and deepening economic cooperation with Astana. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that in 2025 supplies of Kazakh oil to Germany exceeded 10 million tonnes, and confirmed readiness to continue exports to Europe, taking transport capacity into account.

#Germany #friendship #Kazakhstan #KassymJomartTokayev #OlafMerc #Schwedt

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At a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev again called for freezing hostilities in Ukraine in order to move to negotiations. He also called Vladimir Putin «the most acceptable political figure» for Europe and the world.

#VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #Germany #Kazakhstan #KassymJomartTokayev #Russia #FriedrichMerz

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155 activists, public figures, and human rights defenders signed an appeal to the authorities of Kazakhstan asking them to immediately stop the extradition to Russia of Chechen native Mansur Movlaev and former staff member of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters Yulia Emelyanova. The authors of the letter claim that if they are returned to Russia, they face long imprisonment and torture.

#AlexeyNavalnyi #Civicactivism #Kazakhstan #MansurMovlaev #Russia #Chechnya #Extradition #JuliaEmeljanova

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In the fall, amid rumors of a new mobilization, the number of requests to human rights projects helping people leave Russia increased by one and a half times compared with spring, The Bell reported. At the same time, interest in moving and actual departures remain noticeably below the 2022 peak.

#Armenia #WarinUkraine #Georgia #Gothroughtheforest #Kazakhstan #ark #mobilization #Russia #Serbia

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Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appointed Aidos Myrzakhmetov as defense minister and dismissed Dauren Kosanov. The decisions were formalized by two decrees, the presidential press service said.

#AidosMyrzakhmetov #ArmedForcesofKazakhstan #Kazakhstan #KassymJomartTokayev #MinistryofDefenseofKazakhstan #SpecialOperationsForces

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Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Defense said that the number of servicemen killed after Navy exercises on the Caspian Sea coast has risen to 14. On Friday morning, rescuers found the bodies of two more of the 17 servicemen who were swept out to sea on September 24 because of a sudden deterioration in weather and stronger winds.

#NavalForces #Kazakhstan #CaspianSea #Mangystauregion #MinistryofDefenseofKazakhstan #nationalmourning

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The Cassation Court for Administrative Cases in Astana, Kazakhstan, upheld the denial of asylum to former volunteer of Alexei Navalny’s St. Petersburg штаб Yulia Emelyanova. The Anti-War Committee of Russia said that after this, nothing prevents Kazakhstan from extraditing her to Russia.

#AlexeiNavalny #AntiWarCommitteeofRussia #Astana #Kazakhstan #MansurMovlaev #YuliaEmelyanova

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UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia Mariana Katsarova presented a report on September 21 on Russia’s transnational repression against its own citizens and other people abroad who are unwelcome to the Kremlin. According to the report, in the three years since the start of the war, the number of documented cases of such persecution has increased eightfold and reached nearly 400.

#Interpol #Kazakhstan #UN #Russia #FSB

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On September 19, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for a total ban on graffiti. He addressed the akim of Astana, the head of the capital of Kazakhstan’s city administration, demanding tough measures against those who draw on building walls.

#Astana #graffiti #Kazakhstan #KassymJomartTokayev #lightmetro

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Chechen activist Mansur Movlaev, who faces extradition to Russia, attempted to take his own life for the second time, the Russian Anti-War Committee said. This happened shortly after his hospitalization in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on September 15 following the first suicide attempt in a pretrial detention center.

#Almaty #AntiWarCommitteeofRussia #Kazakhstan #MansurMovlaev #Russia #Chechnya

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In the week to September 13, Russia shipped $2.42 billion worth of oil for export — the highest since late May, according to Bloomberg calculations based on tanker-tracking data. A week earlier, the amount was about $620 million lower.

#WarinUkraine #India #Kazakhstan #China #oil #Russia #Economy

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Das Kassationsgericht Kasachstans ließ die Ablehnung des Asylantrags für den aus Tschetschenien geflohenen Mansur Movlaev bestehen. Dies erhöht nach Angaben des Anwalts Wadim Drozdow das Risiko seiner faktischen Überstellung an Russland erheblich.

#Kazakhstan #MansurMovlaev #Russia #Chechnya

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Elena Rybakina, who represents Kazakhstan, will become world No. 1 for the first time in her career after defeating Chinese player Zheng Qinwen in the quarterfinals of the US Open by 3:6, 6:1, 6:4. She will displace Aryna Sabalenka from the top spot and become the first representative of Kazakhstan, male or female, to lead the world rankings.

#Kazakhstan #sport #tennis

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The Minister of Tourism and Sports of Kazakhstan, Yerbol Myrzabosynov, met with the head of the State Agency for Physical Culture and Sports under the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Urmat Asanbaev, at the World Nomad Games and gave him a bow. The meeting took place amid a dispute between Astana and Bishkek over the medal standings of the competition.

#WorldNomadGames #Kazakhstan #sell #sport

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Kazakhstan has begun to gradually introduce paid electronic entry permits for foreigners who do not need a visa, including Russians. The Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) permit will be processed through the digital platform QazETA.

#visafreeentry #state #citizensofRussia #Kazakhstan #Emigration

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Amid Ukraine’s strikes on oil refineries, Russia is expanding gasoline imports this summer and looking for new supply schemes. This week, the country bought 200,000 barrels of fuel from Turkey for the first time and agreed to process Russian feedstock in Kazakhstan.

#Kazakhstan #On #Russia #Turkey #Ukraine

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