Leaders of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) met in Kazakhstan to advance joint AI and digital development, and to bolster alternative global supply and energy routes. They stressed the alliance is for economic and technological cooperation, not military or geopolitical aims.
Islamic countries seek Russian IT solutions, particularly in cybersecurity, retail, and oil/gas digitalization, driven by demand for digital sovereignty, as highlighted at the Russia-Islamic World KazanForum.
Russia successfully launched its new Soyuz-5 medium-class launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday in the first flight test of the new-generation rocket. The Soyuz-5, equipped with what Roscosmos calls the world's most powerful liquid-fuelled rocket engine, placed a payload mock-up on a planned suborbital trajectory before it fell into the Pacific Ocean. The rocket is designed to reduce launch costs, double payload capacity to 17 tonnes, and use environmentally cleaner fuel components.
