Stories by Maria Golovnina

Nuclear trafficking getting more professional: IAEA chief

LONDON: Terrorist groups trying to get hold of nuclear weapons on the black market are becoming more sophisticated and the world needs to do more to prevent sensitive material from falling into their hands, the

Published 18 Oct, 2012 03:15am

Kyrgyzstan`s Jews alarmed after riots

BISHKEK Arieh Reichman, Kyrgyzstan`s chief rabbi, shook his head as he presented a vodka bottle filled with ...

Published 14 Apr, 2010 12:00am

Radicalism casts shadow on Central Asia

ALMATY Central Asia is a ticking bomb waiting to go off. Long ignored as a myth whipped up by the authorities to...

Published 10 Feb, 2010 12:00am

Kazakhs chase history with ancient eagle hunting

CHENGELSY GORGE (Kazakhstan) When it snows on the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, hunters saddle up and gallop off...

Published 07 Dec, 2009 12:00am

US airbase in Kyrgyzstan locked up in limbo

MANAS AIR BASE (Kyrgyzstan) A US officer squints and covers his ears with his hands when a military plane takes off...

Published 14 Feb, 2009 12:00am

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MANAS AIR BASE (Kyrgyzstan): A US officer squints and covers his ears with his hands when a military plane takes off...

Published 14 Feb, 2009 12:00am

US airbase in Kyrgyzstan locked up in limbo

MANAS AIR BASE (Kyrgyzstan): A US officer squints and covers his ears with his hands when a military plane takes off...

Published 14 Feb, 2009 12:00am

`Crisis` becomes dreaded word in Kazakhstan

ASHIBULAK (Kazakhstan) From a lone shepherd in the great silence of the empty steppes to the champagne-sipping...

Published 26 Nov, 2008 12:00am

‘Crisis’ becomes dreaded word in Kazakhstan

ASHIBULAK (Kazakhstan): From a lone shepherd in the great silence of the empty steppes to the champagne-sipping...

Published 26 Nov, 2008 12:00am

Increasing support for Medvedev irks liberals

MOSCOW: Russian liberals, on the eve of an election for president that is certain to hand Vladimir Putin’s ...

Published 02 Mar, 2008 12:00am

East meets West at Kazakh oilfield

TENGIZ (Kazakhstan): The Tengiz oilfield in Kazakhstan is a blend of Western corporate culture and old Soviet ways —...

Published 01 Oct, 2006 12:00am

Soviet nuke plant sheds secrets for business

UST-KAMENOGORSK (Kazakhstan): It once produced material for bombs capable of blowing up the world. Today, Ulba...

Published 25 Aug, 2006 12:00am

Central Asia rediscovering its Muslim roots

Almaty: (Kazakhstan): In Soviet days, people walked past the Khoja Ahmed Yasawi mausoleum, a holy Muslim shrine in...

Published 18 Jun, 2006 12:00am

N-renaissance gathers pace in Kazakh steppe

PV-19 (Kazakhstan): The wind whistles through the empty shell of a Soviet-era building that towers above a southern...

Published 04 Jun, 2006 12:00am

Civil liberties do not exist in Uzbekistan

CHINAZ (Uzbekistan): For Buribek, like for many Uzbek farmers, growing cotton is a dangerous affair. “Being a cotton...

Published 01 Jun, 2005 12:00am