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- ‘He’s going to go all the way’: Tyson Fury-backed Kazakh boxing star Tursynbay Kulakhmet knocks out opponent in 70 seconds (VIDEO)
A former champion has warned that hot prospect Tursynbay Kulakhmet, who is with the same management company as the likes of WBC heavyweight world king Tyson Fury, will struggle to find fights after a brutal quick knockout.Apr 4, 2021 10:48Sport News - In Kazakhstan, twenty-five convicted pedophiles have been chemically castrated by court order just this year, official revealsDifferent nations have varied justice systems, but it is agreed unanimously that child rape is one of the most heinous crimes. In Kazakhstan, the punishment is castration – and, this year, 25 prisoners have had the injection.Apr 3, 2021 08:37Russia & Former Soviet Union
- Kazakhstan set to launch its own Covid-19 vaccine, developed at remote former Soviet-era biological & viral weapons laboratoryA second former Soviet Republic could soon be in line to produce its own jab against coronavirus, after Kazakhstan announced it was close to completing trials of a vaccine candidate developed in the large Central Asian country.Mar 10, 2021 14:15Russia & Former Soviet Union
- ‘I’m opening my party’: Sentenced MMA fighter runs for office, says ‘idiot’ Kazakh leaders are ‘killing people’ over Covid-19 shamMMA powerhouse Kuat Khamitov has launched his own political party after earning a six-month punishment for telling people to shoot at helicopters, issuing another video saying Covid-19 is fake and Kazakhs should "live like Arabs".Jan 29, 2021 11:50Sport News
- ‘Very nice’ ads: Kazakhstan adopts infamous Borat slogan for new tourism campaign (VIDEO)Kazakhstan, home of the fictional journalist Borat, has appropriated the eponymous character’s catchphrase, ‘very nice!’ for a new tourism ad campaign, marking a new phase in the nation’s rocky relationship with the films.Oct 27, 2020 12:42Russia & Former Soviet Union
- 'SHOOT THEM DOWN!' Kazakh MMA fighter declares war on helicopters ‘spreading Covid’, arrested for inciting violenceKazakh mixed martial artist Kuat Khamitov has been arrested by police for encouraging people to shoot down helicopters spreading coronavirus, and beat those who sanitize from the disease “with sticks and stones” in a "war".Sep 15, 2020 15:19Sport News
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