Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smaiylov on August 19 blamed the owners of a coal mine for a deadly fire that took the lives of four miners this week in Shakhtinsk, a city about 60 kilometers from Temirtau, central Kazakhstan. Smaiylov said the company’s noncompliance with the rules of the industry was the main cause of the fire.
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Two Former Top Police Officers Involved In Banker’s Disappearance
Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda has said that two former top police officials were involved in the disappearance in June of Shuhrat Ismatulloev, the deputy chairman of one of the Centra Asian country’s leading banks.
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Russia Claims Crimean Bridge Attacks Thwarted
Russia forces thwarted three sea drone attacks on the strategic Crimean Bridge linking Ukraine’s occupied Crimean Peninsula to the Russian mainland, as Ukraine’s military said it was continuing its push toward the southeastern city of Melitopol in an effort to cut off the land bridge to Crimea.
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Struggling to Stem Extremism, Tajikistan Targets Beards and Head Scarves
Tajikistan is cracking down on signs of Islam after its citizen was charged with carrying out a deadly attack in Moscow. However, experts say that the measures do not address the causes of terrorism. People in Tajikistan expected a government crackdown after several Tajik men were arrested and charged for a terrorist attack on a concert hall in Moscow in March.
