“Extreme heat to persist in KZ", “Efficiency of oil production being improved in KZ” , “Russia suspects pasteurellosis as cause of saiga die off in KZ”, “KZ and Russian officials discussed conditions of planned flight of Kazakh cosmonaut"

inform.kz. “Extreme heat to persist in Kazakhstan" - Heat wave has swept most regions of Kazakhstan, Kazhydromet, Kazakhstan's national forecaster says. Mercury went up to +30, 35°C and even reached +38, 40°C in western and southern Kazakhstan this weekend. Despite occasional rains and wind gusting up to 13-20 mps forecast in West and North Kazakhstan regions, the extreme heat will persist.Kazakhstani meteorologists say that the heat wave will continue for at least three more days.

“Efficiency of oil production being improved in Kazakhstan" - Kazakhstan plans to hold a large-scale analytical study on the issue of improving the efficiency of oil recovery on fields, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev said June 1 at the parliamentary hearings "Problems and prospects of development of Kazakh oil and gas industry," said the message posted on the website of the Premier of Kazakhstan.

“B. Sagintayev and D. Rogozin discussed conditions of planned flight of Kazakhstani to International Space Station"- First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev took part in the events dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Baikonur complex, the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan informs.

tengrinews.kz. “Russia suspects pasteurellosis as cause of saiga die off in Kazakhstan" - Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance has commented on the mass saigas die off in Kazakhstan, Tengrinews reports citing RIA Novosti. The Russian Service discussed the National Referential Center's suggestion that saigas were dying from pasteurellosis in Kazakhstan. However, the researches stated that the diagnosis was not confirmed.

afp.com. “Russian missile maker: MH17 shot down by Ukrainian missile"- The Russian maker of the Buk air defense missile system said Tuesday that it has concluded that Malaysian Airlines flight 17 was downed by an older version of the missile, which isn't in service with the Russian military but is in Ukrainian arsenals. Controversy continues over who shot down the plane last summer over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people aboard. Ukraine and the West suspect it was destroyed by a Russian surface-to-air missile fired by Russian forces or separatist rebels fighting in the area. Russia denies that.