Vladimir Putin and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the XII Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.kremlin.ru

Kazakhstan to commission rail, structural steel plantTrend News AgencyKazakhstan plans to commission the Aktobe rail and structural steel plant in December 2015, the message of the Development Bank of Kazakhstan said. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.trend.az

RT @MongolsSilkRoad: Archaeology of Central Asia: Excavations in Xinjiang Part 2 – Annie Chanhttp://t.co/vWPLX8M0W2 http://t.co/cUArptjhyL Sourced through Scoop.it from: mongolschinaandthesilkroad.blogspot.nl

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Sochi yesterday to take part in the Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.tengrinews.kz

Vladimir Putin delivered a welcoming speech to the participants of the 12th Forum of interregional cooperation of Russia and Kazakhstan. The forum will be held … Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will make a historic five-nation tour of Central Asia next month in an apparent countermove to Russian and Chinese Sourced through Scoop.it from: asia.nikkei.com

Russia’s Vladimir Putin tightens grip on Tajikistan at CSTO meeting; The troubled history of the CSTO in Central Asia. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.breitbart.com

RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service, known locally as Azatlyk, assembled a panel discussion (majlis) to review the water situation in Central Asia and neighboring states, examine regional water-supply forecasts for 35, 50, or 100 years from now, and consider… Sourced through Scoop.it…

Kazakhstan’s tenge rallied the most in more than three weeks after the central bank intervened to stem a slide that erased more than 30 percent of its value since the switch to a free-floating exchange rate last month. Sourced through…

Authorities in Kazakhstan have burned through $414 million over two days in an effort to halt the slide of the country’s currency, the tenge, which broke the psychologically important barrier of 300 to the dollar on September 16. Sourced through…