Kazakhstan’s military modernization efforts reflect an adaptive response to growing great power competition.

Russian contract soldier Kamil Kasimov, who fled Russia for Kazakhstan last year to avoid being sent to the war in Ukraine, has been sentenced to six years in prison in Russia, the 72.ru website ...

Collage of Erbayan’s photos: the first is from his days in the military service in the summer of 2023. The second is when he was bedridden a year later. Kosshy, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan — As dusk ...

MINSK, 16 April (BelTA) - The Defense Ministries of Belarus and Kazakhstan have outlined ways to intensify military cooperation, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry of Belarus. Within the ...

MINSK, 8 May (BelTA) – On 8 May, the Central House of Officers hosted a working meeting between Major General Leonid Kasinsky, Assistant to the Belarusian Defense Minister for Ideological Work in the ...

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 ...

Kazakhstan’s armed forces modernization is driven by its 2022 military doctrine, which was updated following Russia’s attack on Ukraine in February of that year. The doctrine recognizes that while ...

The joint military exercise Dostarym-V between the armies of Pakistan and Kazakhstan is currently underway at the Special Operations School, Cherat, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in ...

Kazakhstan’s Defense Ministry has cancelled commemorative events, including a military parade, on May 9 to mark the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Political and economic factors appear ...