According to Charles Seville of Fitch Ratings, the real growth of lending in Kazakhstan “only stands at 5%, which is lower than in Russia, Mexico, Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Canadian spaceman Chris Hadfield on Tuesday returned to Earth along with two other astronauts after a half-year mission to the ISS that saw him become a global celebrity through his Twitter microblog.
Romania and the Kazakh oil company KazMunayGaz have settled their dispute over a 500-million-euro ($658-million) debt and pledged to invest together in energy projects.