News about Russia
Customs Union terminated import of 12 French companies' goods
12 French companies will not be able to import their commodities at the territory of the Customs Union countries.
28 September 2011
Talks on T-90 armored vehicles supply to Kazakhstan are premature: Russian military
Talks on Russian modernized T-90S armored vehicles supply to Kazakhstan are still premature.
28 September 2011
Retail price ceiling for fuel will not be raised in October: Oil and Gas Minister
On Monday, September 26, Minister Mynbayev said that Kazakhstan would import 50 000 tons of high-octane petrol from the neighboring Russia to help combat fuel shortages.
27 September 2011
Minister of Economic Development Kairat Kelimbetov on benefits of integration
If we analyze trade relations among post-Soviet states, trade turnover of Kazakhstan with Russia and Belarus has grown twofold in 2010-2011: Kelimbetov.
26 September 2011
Kazakhstan capable of maintaining stability of the national currency: Central Bank Head
According to him, Kazakhstan’s exporters are in a better position than their Russian counterparts.
22 September 2011
Kazakhstan’s Parliament calls for greater Baikonur rent payments
Kazakhstan’s Parliamentarians believe the $115 million paid by Russia to rent the Baikonur cosmodrome is no longer enough.
20 September 2011
Medvedev invited Kazakhstan scientists to cooperate in Skolkovo project
President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev invited Kazakhstan scientific centers to cooperate in Skolkovo project.
16 September 2011
Nazarbayev and Medvedev to discuss emergency situations
Presidents of Kazakhstan and Russian Nursultan Nazarbayev and Dmitry Medvedev will discuss joint emergency situations response.
15 September 2011
Oil and Gas Minister admits fuel shortages
It was reported earlier that since the start of the year petrol price had grown by 17.4%, with prices set by oil refineries growing by 23%. Retail prices for diesel fuel have grown by 20% since the start of the year.
13 September 2011
Presidents Nazarbayev and Medvedev to attend VIII Forum of near-border cooperation
The previous forum was held in Ust Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan in 2010.
13 September 2011
Kazakhstan’s Space Agency demands greater clarity with regards to Baiterek launch complex for Russia’s Angara booster rocket
It’s time to sit down and think if we really need the project that is likely not to pay back. The risks are huge: Mr. Mussabayev.
12 September 2011
200 militants of Kazakhstan Jamoat fight in Afghanistan
About 200 Kazakhstan Jamoat militants fight at the Afghan territory as a part of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
09 September 2011
Russia has no plans of leaving Baikonur
It is more viable to accomplish some tasks from Baikonur [rather from the Vostochnyi cosmodrome to be launched in Russia]: Vice Head of the Federal Space Agency of Russian Federation.
31 August 2011
Oil and Gas Minister voices underlying reasons behind fuel shortages
According to the Minister, Kazakhstan-based refineries shifted towards greater production output of heavy petroleum products.
31 August 2011
Kazakhstan to continue launches from Baikonur after crash of Progress
Why would we ban launches if the accident caused no damage and losses to Kazakhstan party?: Mussabayev.
27 August 2011
Commodity turnover between CU countries grew 41%
Commodity turnover between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan increased by 41 percent in the first six months of 2011.
24 August 2011
Kazakhstan’s PM Karim Massimov meets Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Khristenko of Russia
The sides discussed issues related to the Common Economic Space of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
20 August 2011
Pavel Chukhrai making a movie about first hydrogen bomb test in Kazakhstan
Russian filmmaker Pavel Chukhrai started shooting a new movie, a love story that happened in the USSR during tests of the first hydrogen bomb.
11 August 2011
Kazakhstan to have Orthodox women clinics
The key difference of the Orthodox women clinics from regular once is impossibility to schedule an abortion unless the pregnancy poses a threat to the mother’s life.
05 August 2011
Economy Minister Kairat Kelimbetov doesn’t see the Russian rouble in the capacity of the global reserve currency
If we talk of some reserve currency in our region, it should be a basket of the China’s renminbi, the Russia’s rouble and the Kazakh tenge: Kelimbetov.
05 August 2011