Kazakhstan

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed Kazakhstan's law enforcement agencies to locate suspects in the attempted murder of journalist Aidos Sadykov in Kiev and cooperate with the Ukrainian authorities in the investigation.

Two foreigners, aged 33 and 36, were notified of suspicion and put on the international wanted list for the attempted premeditated murder of Kazakh journalist Aidos Sadykov in Kiev on June 18.

The film "Bucha" is based on real events during the Russian occupation of the city. The film was made with the assistance of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, which provided photos, videos, intercepted conversations of the Russian military and Agent data.

Kazakh oppositionist and journalist Aidos Sadykov was shot by a professional assassin in Kyiv, and his wife claims that her husband's death was beneficial to the President of Kazakhstan.

Tokayev instructed to send official inquiries to Ukraine regarding the attempted assassination of Kazakh opposition leader Aidos Sadykov in Kyiv and stated that Kazakhstan was ready to join the investigation if necessary.

Finland becomes the first EU country to start uranium mining, with a planned annual production of 200 tons by 2026.

Kazakh opposition leader Aidos Sadykov was shot dead and seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in Kyiv, Ukraine, and his wife accused Kazakh President Tokayev of being behind the attack.

In Kyiv, an unknown person with a gun ran up to a car carrying a Kazakh citizen and his wife, shot the man, and then fled. The man is currently in hospital in serious condition. Law enforcement officers are taking measures to identify the attacker.

According to the wife of the Kazakh oppositionist Aidos Sadykov, an attempt was made on his life near his home in Kyiv on June 18.

Several banks in Kyrgyzstan have stopped making money transfers to and from Russia due to new US and UK sanctions against Moscow.

A French citizen died after losing consciousness while trying to get to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to watch the rocket launch.

A Russian citizen with dual US and Russian citizenship pleaded guilty to illegally exporting ammunition and firearms components to Russia in 2020-2023 in exchange for paying for his daughter's education and rent.

Kazakhstan does not support sanctions against Russia, but will adhere to them, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin said.

Chinese banks are increasingly demanding that entrepreneurs confirm that goods purchased in" friendly " countries such as Serbia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will not be sent to Russia, which violates the payment scheme for supplies to Russia through third countries.

OPEC + countries have agreed to extend most of their oil production cuts until 2025, gradually curtailing them to support the market amid slow growth in global demand.

Elina Svitolina, the first racket of Ukraine, reached the fourth round of the French Open (Roland Garros) after defeating Anna Bogdan from Romania in two consecutive sets. (7:6, 6:2), in the next round, she will face the fourth racket of the world Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan.

The G7 and EU countries are considering tightening restrictions on banks that help Russia circumvent existing sanctions. Discussions are expected to continue until the G7 summit in June, where the leaders want to agree on a set of measures to better enforce sanctions

The G7 and the EU are discussing sanctions against banks that use Russian analog SWIFT systems to circumvent restrictions, as their use tripled in 2023.

A drone crashed in the Novoorsky district of the Orenburg region in Russia.

Before Russia's invasion, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy asked the US and EU to impose preventive sanctions on Russia, Putin, and the energy sector, but they refused, resulting in heavy human costs for Ukraine.

President Zelenskyy criticized China for trying to balance between Ukraine and Russia instead of protecting Ukraine's territorial integrity as one of the guarantors of the Budapest Memorandum.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that no Asian country can have a strategic alliance with Putin's Russia, as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are 100% under threat of attack and such an alliance would limit their independence.

President Zelensky warned that the Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia are under threat of potential attack or provocation by Russia, citing recent incidents such as Russia's removal of border buoys in Estonia as a test of NATO's response.

The advance of the Russian occupiers to Kharkiv two weeks ago brought the ratio of Ukrainian to Russian military losses to 1:8, which shows Putin's disregard for human life, President Zelensky said.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 2652 companies have been founded by foreigners, with the most active investors being citizens of Turkey, Uzbekistan, Poland, and the United States.

Former Minister of Economy of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishymbayev was sentenced to 24 years in prison for the brutal murder of his wife, Saltanat Nukenova, and his brother, Bakhytzhan Bayzhanov, received 4 years for concealing the murder.

The absence of heavy military equipment, including battle tanks and modern aircraft, at the "parade" in Moscow indicates large-scale losses of the russian federation in the war in Ukraine.

On Victory Day, Estonians put up a poster on the border with Russia that read "Putin is a war criminal" to remind Russia of its "destructive work" in Ukraine.

The occupation authorities of Crimea refused to hold fireworks on Russia's "Victory Day" despite Moscow's order, citing security concerns.

The European Union is proposing to ban political parties, think tanks and other groups from accepting funding from Russia, as well as to ban the use of the Russian central bank's financial messaging system as part of the next package of sanctions against Russia.