Minister of Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Timur Suleimenov spoke about the mutual Kazakh-Russian financial market and the possibility of increasing the number of Russian banks in Kazakhstan, as well as the prospects of Kazakh banks entering the Russian market.
NATO accused Russia of sending tanks, troops to east Ukraine, raising fears of renewed all-out fighting and calling into question the Minsk peace deal.
Vladimir Putin said that the investigation of the MH17 crash site is stalling due to Kiev's constant shelling of the rebel-controlled area in eastern Ukraine.
According to him, “unlike Russia, we enjoy a free access to the international markets (…) the Government has issued sovereign bonds worth $2.5 billion”.
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed the Law On Ratification of the Agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan on good-neighborliness and alliance in the XXI century.
The IOC has declared a new antidiscrimination clause would be included in all future host city contract starting with 2022 Winter Olympics that Kazakhstan is bidding to host.
Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan was not and is not negotiating extradition of Mukhtar Ablyazov from Russia, where he was ordered to be extradited by the French justice.
The United States said it could not confirm reports of a new Russian military incursion in eastern Ukraine despite charges to that effect by the Kiev government.
Russian President in nothing but green underwear and European leader are among those being paraded and burned during traditional British bonfire celebrations.