The Afghan Taliban have said they intend to resume public floggings and executions of women for misdeeds. This was announced by the Supreme Leader of the Taliban movement, Haibatullah Akhundzada. According to The Guardian, in an audio broadcast on Taliban-controlled Afghan radio and television last Saturday, Akhundzada said: “We will flog women… we will stone … Read more
The decision of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to change the government may be a “smart move” towards Russia. Roman Yuneman, a graduate student at the Faculty of World Economy and International Politics at the National Research University Higher School of Economics and a specialist on Kazakhstan, stated this in a commentary to Lenta.ru. … Read more
A possible withdrawal of American troops from Europe would be a nightmare scenario as the military operation in Ukraine continues. This statement was made by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. According to him, after the completion of the SVO, Russia may attack one of the NATO countries. Europe as it currently stands is in great … Read more
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that four Ukrainian sailors are being held captive by the Yemeni Houthis, Tengrinews.kz reports with reference to the RBC Ukraine Telegram channel. Zelensky made a statement during a press conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. “We are working on their return,” he said. Let us recall that on … Read more
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stated that Russia is a strategic partner of the Republic and, despite some upheavals in the international arena, Kazakhstan will continue to cooperate with it, Zakon.kz reports. The head of state stated this in an interview with Euronews TV channel. “Russia is a strategic partner of Kazakhstan. We have the … Read more
Photo from the department’s press service The region’s antimonopoly department commented on the abolition of the form of payment for travel (35 tenge) through Kaspi QR. – The Department of Passenger Transport and Highways states that the changes were introduced due to the fact that cases of counterfeiting of Kaspi QR checks and the presentation … Read more
Bulgaria’s draft budget for 2024 included revenues from the energy contribution for the transit of Russian gas, which was introduced in October. The Bulgarian government expects to reduce Gazprom’s revenues and replenish its budget with an additional fee of $1.3 billion, Dnevnik.bg reports. At the same time, no one knows whether Gazprom will pay this … Read more
The Prosecutor General’s Office clarified that the use of weapons was forced: the rioters allegedly started first. Area of special attention. It still remains the west of Kazakhstan, where last week, including on the day when the republic celebrated its independence, mass riots occurred, as a result of which 14 people were killed and about … Read more
Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov announced the need to introduce restrictions on consumer loans and review rates on payday loans, Tengrinews.kz correspondent reports. At a government meeting, Alikhan Smailov reported that as of September 1, 2023, the total volume of consumer loans from banks amounted to 9.2 trillion tenge. “Some citizens, in order to close overdue … Read more