‘Borat the builder’ sacrifices a cow to the gods on Kazakhstan building site

‘Borat the builder’ sacrifices a cow to the gods on Kazakhstan building site in the hope it will help him find some decent bricklayers Construction workers sacrificed a cow to the gods on a Kazakhstan building  Cow was hoisted up by crane in scenes reminiscent of a Borat movie   The bewildering event occurred in the … Read more

Stunning ‘ice volcano’ that stands 45 feet tall forms in Kazakhstan from underground springs

Stunning ‘ice volcano’ that stands 45 feet tall forms in Kazakhstan from underground springs that spout water which freezes almost instantly upon meeting the freezing air An ice volcano has form in  Kazakhstan’s Almaty region that stands 45 feet and spouts water The structure formed over a spring that  still spouting water, but the water freezes once … Read more

‘Very niiice!’: Kazakhstan adopts Borat’s catchphrase for tourism campaign 

‘Very niiice!’: Kazakhstan adopts Borat’s catchphrase for tourism campaign Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat hails from the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan  After the release of his first film in 2006, Kazakh officials were outraged at his depiction of the country as sexist, homophobic and anti-Semitic   They are now using his catchphrase ‘very nice’ in a … Read more

Baby girl ‘beaten to death by her British pilot father’ in Kazakhstan is pictured

This is the first picture of baby girl who died in a hotel room in Kazakhstan after her British father allegedly beat her so badly that her brain was crushed.  Sophia Barakat, aged one, is seen in the arms of 22-year-old mother Madina, who police say was also beaten during the attack. Investigators have charged … Read more

Grandson, 30, of Kazakhstan leader is summoned to court despite being dead

Wealthy playboy Aisultan Nazarbayev, 30, bit a police sergeant’s arm and stripped in an elderly woman’s home The wealthy playboy grandson of Kazakhstan’s former president was summoned to court today for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence more than a month after he died. The late Aisultan Nazarbayev, 30, was spared jailed last year … Read more

Two teenagers are catapulted through the air as swing snaps at playground in Kazakhstan

Two teenagers are catapulted through the air as swing snaps under their weight at playground in Kazakhstan Two teenagers, aged 14 and 13, were playing on a swing in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan The swing snaps from the metal beam at the top and sends the boys into the air  Boys rushed to Pavlodar Regional Children’s Hospital … Read more

‘Unknown pneumonia’ said to be deadlier than coronavirus is sweeping across Kazakhstan

‘Unknown pneumonia’ said to be deadlier than coronavirus is sweeping across Kazakhstan, Chinese embassy says More than 32,000 cases of the ‘unknown pneumonia’ have been reported in Kazakhstan from June 29 to July 5, along with 451 deaths The Chinese embassy says Kazakhstan saw 1,772 pneumonia deaths in the first half of the year, including 628 … Read more

Baby seal is pelted with rocks by beachgoers after the curious animal approached them in Kazakhstan 

Baby seal is pelted with rocks by beachgoers after the curious animal approached them in Kazakhstan Beachgoers pelted stones at a baby seal in the city of Aktau, in Kazakhstan  A local captured a video of the perpetrators laughing, sharing it to social media Kazakh environmental authorities warned people to ‘respect nature’ By Roksana Panashchuk For … Read more