Kazakhstan has opened around 700 criminal cases in 2025 against citizens accused of fighting for Russian forces in Ukraine, its strongest response since the war began. The prosecutions focus on ...

Over 2,000 Russia-led troops began withdrawing from Kazakhstan on Thursday after being deployed when peaceful protests over an energy price hike turned into unprecedented violence, Moscow said ...

It consists of three branches as well as four independent formations. The National Guard, Civil Defense, Border Service and the State Security Service serve as militarized affiliates of the armed ...

Kazakhstan has undergone a transition of power without fundamental change in the regime.