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Massimov and Vekselberg discuss cooperation between Kazakhstan and Skolkovo Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister wrote about it in his Twitter account.

13 May 2011

Putin found no oil in Kazakhstan part of the Caspian shelf Vladimir Putin said that no oil was found on the Kazakhstan part of the field, but promissed to Russia jointly develop its part with Kazakhstan.

13 May 2011

Russia and Kazakhstan to sign a cooperation agreement to build and launch KazSat-2 KazSat-2 was to supplement the KazSat-1 satellite, but will now replace Kazsat-1 due to the complete loss of the first satellite.

12 May 2011

Kazakhstan and Russia to jointly use Bugristoye customs facility Bugrinskoye vehicle crossing point located in Chelyabinsk oblast may be used for joint control by Kazakhstan and Russian border guards.

11 May 2011

Prime-Ministers of CU countries to meet in Minsk on May 19 Prime-Ministers of the Customs Union member-countries will meet in Minsk on May 15 for the 15th session of EurAsEC inter-country council.

11 May 2011

Russian Foreign Minister to visit Astana on May 13-14 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov will visit Astana on May 13-14, 2011.

10 May 2011

Director of KazAlco does not agree with Georgian wines ban Director of KazAlco Association commented on the advice of Gennadiy Onischenko to ban imports of Georgian wines to Kazakhstan.

06 May 2011

Onischenko advised Kazakhstan to ban Georgian wines Gennadiy Onischenko said that Kazakhstan and Belarus should ban sales of Georgian wines and mineral water.

06 May 2011

Q1 2011 inflation rate in Kazakhstan lowest in the CIS According to the Committee, the average inflation rate across the CIS stood at 9.5%, with the Kazakhstan’s rate standing at 8.5%.

06 May 2011

Kazakhstan resident seized in Omsk for smuggling camels Omsk road police seized a truck with five donkeys and two camels.

06 May 2011

KazSat-2 launch put off till July 10 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has not sorted out some minor faults so far: Viktor Lefter, Head of the Kazakhstan’s Center for Space Communications.

05 May 2011

Russian diplomat run a 4-year-old girl over with a car in Almaty An employee of the Consulate General of Russia run a 4-year-old girl over with an electric car in Almaty.

05 May 2011

Proved Caspian reserves made 2.95 billion tons of oil Proved hydrocarbon reserves of the Caspian Sea shelf make 3.1 trillion cubic meters of gas and 2.95 billion tons of oil.

05 May 2011

Kazakhstan’s PM Massimov meets Sberbank CEO German Gref Kazakhstan-based subsidiary of Russia’s Sberbank has entered the top ten banks in Kazakhstan in terms of assets recently.

04 May 2011

Number of Russian enterprises in Kazakhstan on the rise The number of enterprises with Russian capital has grown nearly 10% in Kazakhstan for the last year: Finance Ministry Tax Committee.

04 May 2011

25 percent raise of fuel prices expected in Kazakhstan Prices of oil products may increase 25 percent. Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev held a meeting dedicated to this issue.

30 April 2011

Kazakhstan writer Serebryanskiy won the Russian Prize Yuriy Serebryanskiy won in the The Russian Prize literary contest under Short Prose category.

29 April 2011

80 percent of books are imported to Kazakhstan from Russia Kazakhstan National Book Chamber said 40% of the books in Kazakhstan are sold in Almaty. Kazakh book market is estimated at $60 million.

28 April 2011

Kazakhstan is spam-leader in Central Asia Kazakhstan is still the leader among Central Asian countries by the amount of generated spam, according to Kaspersky Laboratory's March report.

27 April 2011

Kazakhstan GDP grew 6.5% in Q1 2011 Ministry of Economic Development announced the Q1 2011 economic results. Customs Union yielded noticeable results.

27 April 2011

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