mobile payments. According to PayPal, two in three Singaporeans have made a digital transaction from a mobile device. The demand for mobile payment solution Source: http://www.qrcodepress.com

An ex-deputy agriculture minister, Muslim Omiraev, has been given a 10 year prison sentence in Kazakhstan for corruption, RFE/RL reports. An Astana court ruled Omiraev was guilty of taking a $100 thousand bribe from a businessman. Source: http://www.silkroadreporters.com

Kazakhstan’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 4 percent in January-September 2014, Head of the Statistics Committee under Economy Ministry Alikhan Smailov said. Source: http://www.azernews.az

News. Italian citizen Flavio Sidagni who was released on parole in August will stay in Kazakhstan. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

US dollar sales growing in KazakhstanTrend.azThe US dollar’s weight in the multi-currency basket (dollar, euro, ruble) reached 84 percent in Kazakhstan, the Ranking.kz analytical service told Trend Oct. Source: en.trend.az

News. The Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan is looking for alternative routes in case the West applies additional sanctions against Russia. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

PARIS – Russian chess master and political activist Garry Kasparov said a Kazakh dissident banker is in danger if a court rules he should be extradited fro Source: http://www.canadianbusiness.com

Critics of closer integration with Russia are warning that it poses serious risks to Kazakstan’s economic future. Source: iwpr.net

Regional Economic Update for Emerging Europe and Central Asia – 8 October, 2014 Source: http://www.worldbank.org

FRANCE – KAZAKHSTAN – RUSSIA: Kasparov ready to testify against Kazakh oligarch’s extradition from France to Russia 0 Chess legend Garry Kasparov says… Source: http://www.facebook.com