The Russian labor market is a vital source of employment for many Central Asians; Russia plays key roles in the energy, and energy export, sectors of Central Asia; and Russia remains the guarantor of security in the region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing Western leaders at a rare “triple summit” in Brussels, said he needed more weaponry and more fighter aircraft

A storm in the Russian part of the Black Sea damaged the loading equipment of CPC, one of the world's largest oil pipelines that transports oil from Kazakhstan to world markets.

Russia showed no letup in pounding Ukrainian cities already large reduced to rubble but still in their defenders’ hands. But Western defence analysts suggested Russian troops were becoming demoralised and had lost some ground to Ukrainian forces

A storm in the Russian part of the Black Sea damaged the loading equipment of CPC, one of the world's largest oil pipelines that transports oil from Kazakhstan to world markets.