Russia has long seen Kazakhstan as within its sphere of influence. In a press conference on Dec. 23, Putin called Kazakhstan a "Russian-speaking country in every sense of the word." ...

Kazakhstan’s president says violence has been quelled, so there is no longer need for the foreign troops he asked to help. Russia has not given a timeline for withdrawing. By Valerie Hopkins and ...

Floods have swamped parts of Russia and Kazakhstan after Europe’s third-longest river burst its banks, forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate and sparking protests against the authorities.

Kazakhstan held a grand military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II and Defenders of the Fatherland Day. “The Great Patriotic War was an extremely ...

But any move by Russia towards an invasion of Kazakhstan would risk drawing China's ire, an associate fellow at Chatham House, the London-based think tank, told Newsweek.

Floods engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing about 110,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of the ...

What does the Kremlin want out of Kazakhstan, why did it send troops -- and how might the upheaval in the neighboring nation affect developments in Russia itself for years to come?

The Islamic Republic of Iran is a state in peril – one whose decades-long revisionist foreign policy has had a boomerang ...

But if the turmoil in Kazakhstan has once again exposed the vulnerability of the strongman leaders the Kremlin has trusted to keep order, it has also presented Russia with yet another opportunity ...

Kazakhstan and Russia have established the route for a future gas pipeline to support shipments between the two countries and to China, Kazakhstan's energy minister said on Tuesday.

Not only have recent comments regarding Northern Kazakhstan been persistent and uncensored by the Kremlin, they are also coming from and supported by prominent figures in Russia’s government.