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June 30 2015

Matteo Renzi, Prime minister of the Republic of Italy:

- Now our relations with Kazakhstan became even closer.

(Joke over the fact that he and N. Nazarbayev got stuck in elevator during EXPO-2015 in Milan)

June 23 2015

Baurzhan Baibek, first deputy chairman of “Nur Otan" party:

- If a person needs to heal his body - he comes to see the doctor, if he needs to heal his soul – he comes to Nur Otan party.

(said on June 17 on the eve of the Day of Health Care Worker)

June 16 2015

Dr. Anna Koudiyarova, Director of the Central Asian Psychoanalytic Institute:

- Suicide existed when there was no TVs, newspapers, magazines. The person who is happy in life, in the family, will not take his/her own life after reading an article or watching a movie. The reason of teenage suicide, as a rule, is lack of harmony in the family and mutual understanding between parents and children. The child who doesn't feel parental warmth, thinks that he/she is not understood, not loved and it is better to die than to live in such a way.

(said in an interview to “Ak Zhaik" newspaper)

June 9 2015

Suma Chakrabarti, President of the EBRD:

- I know that your grandfather owned a mill in the village. You perfectly know what an agrarian complex means. One of the reasons why I very much like Kazakhstan, it's hospitality and absolutely tasty food … We will increase our participation in agriculture of Kazakhstan.

(said to N. Nazarbayev during meeting at Foreign Investors' Council)

June 2 2015

Baktykozha Izmukhambetov, Atyrau Oblast Governor:

- The owners installed fencing on river embankment in 2010, and the residence was literally turned into “thoroughfare". I personally talked to the owners, and they gratuitously returned the residence back to state property... Initially, we opened the passage on embankment for the public, however the area near the residence went constantly littered, people used to drink and make noise. We had to refuse this idea - I can't afford a round-the-clock police post there!

(said in his interview to AkZhaik newspaper re. “Accessible waterfront" campaign started in social networks)

May 27 2015

Head of Kyzylorda region Krymbek KUSHERBAYEV:

"School is not a place to collect money. Nor the graduation prom is a dress fair. Driving in a cortege which is dangerous for life is not a graduation too. It is knowledge and plans for future a graduate should feel proud of, not parents' wealthiness."

May 19 2015

Azat Peruashev, Deputy of Parliament's Mazhilis:

- We believe that bank secrecy shouldn't be extended on offshore accounts of high-ranking state officials, considering the fact that they are entrusted to manage huge public funds.

(said at the Parliament's plenary session)

May 12 2015

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev:

- As all other countries, Kazakhstan strongly contributed to this great Victory. Actually 20% of the population of the country of that period, i.e. one and a half million people, went to battle fields and only half of them returned. 500 people were awarded the ranks of the Hero of the Soviet Union.

(said in Moscow at the CIS leaders meeting)

May 5 2015

Baktykozha Izmukhambetov, Governor of Atyrau Oblast:

- I will give you one example. In 2003, when I was the Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources I proposed the project of "Beineu-Bazoi-Shalkar-Samsonovka" gas pipeline construction … The gas pipeline is now under construction. The population of Kyzyl-Orda, South Kazakhstan, Zhambyl and Almaty Oblasts will soon be provided with Kazakhstan gas.

(said at the regional maslikhat session regarding the projects in the region)

April 28 2015

RoK Deputy Minister of National Economy Timur Zhaksylykov:

- Kazakhstan takes a clear and consistent stand on exception of possibility of introduction of a single and supranational currency within the Euroasian Economic Union. We don't discuss these issues.

(said during briefing in Astana)

April 21 2015

Mukhtar Tinikeev, Mazhilis Deputy of the Parliament of Kazakhstan:

- Where did these money go? Each bank had their insurance companies, they simply used that money for their insurance affairs. They paid loans, took “the cap" from that money, and now we are saying: "We don't know". Lock them up then.

(said with regards to write-off of 90 billion tenge of pension savings of Kazakhstan citizens)

April 14 2015

Vladimir Milov, Director of Russian Institute of Energy Policy:

– Here in Russia oligarchs like aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska are rushing with this idea for quite a while. He became a loud-hailer of public pressure on the Russian Central Bank long time ago with the purpose to achieve mitigation of monetary policy and mass distribution to businesses of cheap money... Distribution of cheap money to large businesses on the background of escalated falling of raw economy will turn you into Russia of the beginnings of 90s. Don't forget about it.

(said in LS Kazakhstan magazine concerning Timur Kulibayev's claims to RoK National Bank)

April 7 2015

Almazbek Atambayev, President of Kyrgyzstan:

- Perhaps, (...) it was necessary to screen and expel from the country those who for five years unscrupulously blackened the events of April 7, 2010 and still serve the family of the runway president (Kurmanbek Bakiev).

(said about the events in 2010 when a few thousand of opposition supporters seized the Government building in Bishkek)

March 31 2015

Aliya Bekkuzhieva, the Head of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers of Atyrau Oblast:

– Not everyone can easily get the land for doing business. It turns out, that those who have access to local government offices, have taken a number of land plots and sold them right and left. We all well know how it's done.

(said during the meeting at Atyrau branch of National Chamber of Entrepreneurs) 

March 24 2015

RoK Deputy Prime Minister Berdibek Saparbaev:

- Whether Kazakhstan or foreign companies – they all should observe the laws of Kazakhstan. They should be treated more strictly, so that others learn a lesson!

(said during his visit to Atyrau regarding the testing of Ersai Caspian Contractor personnel in the English language)

March 17 2015

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev:

- You all see that nothing could be hidden “over the hill”, i.e. overseas, it’s possible to “get” it wherever it is.

(said about legalization of property at the 16th congress of "Nur Otan" party)

March 10 2015

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev:

- When founding father of the beautiful country of Singapore left his post, I asked him: “Why did you leave?”. “Well, - he said, - I governed the country for 31 years and when I saw myself recently on TV, I didn’t like myself”. I said: “Maybe TV distorts the image”. I also have similar plans. But now there is such a desire, aspiration and unification of people. Today I have an opportunity to consult with you as to what I should do in the future”.

(said on March 6, at “Koktem shuagy” meeting  with female representatives of the public of Kazakhstan)

March 3 2015

Zhabal Ergaliyev, the Deputy of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan:

- Parents who refused to inoculate their children, in my opinion, … we should look more deeply into the issue of their punishment…

(said at the extended meeting of the Сommitee for social and cultural development)

February 24 2015

Kairat Mami, the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan:

- In Atyrau regional court very often and without any reason the decisions of the lower courts are rejected and changed … 82 % of complaints fall on economic court. For what reasons? Where are you looking? You constantly allow falsification. You either don’t cope or don’t’ want to work!

(said during the appointment of the new Chairman of Atyrau regional court)

February 17 2015

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev:

- They say, we are building a team. The team then turns into a gang, like in Atyrau Oblast.

(said at the meeting in Ak Orda)

February 10 2015

RoK Energy Minister Vladimir Shkolnik:

- We are planning to complete activities on rectification of technological upsets that took place in 2013 in December of 2016. After that the commercial oil production at Kashagan will be re-started.

(said during his visit to Atyrau)

February 3 2015

Bakytzhan Sagintayev, RoK First Deputy Prime Minister:

- Customs Union and Eurasian Economic Union - brainchilds of our Elbasy (Head of State), therefore, we will never leave it. And if something happens, we will be the last to leave it.

(said at a meeting with businessmen of Almaty)

January 27 2015

Gaziz Eskali, chief physician of policlinic # 7 in Atyrau:

- In the neighboring Uralsk they allocate funds for free medications three times more than here. And we can't solve these issues, although we are considered the oil capital. It raises eyebrows. What do maslikhat (local representative body) deputies think about it?

(said during “round” table discussions on issues of medicine).

January 20 2015

Orthodox Archbishop Antoniy of Uralsk:

- Baptism is a feast of good health, peace, concord, love, execution of laws and submission to the president. To God and the president! 

(said at the celebration of Orthodox Christian Baptism. Quote from mgorod.kz)

January 13 2015

Igor Lepekha, the Chairman of Committee of Administrative Police under the RoK Ministry of Internal Affairs:

– … if the child is big and 135cm tall and his weight is 36 kg, then he/she is not subject to the rule (under the requirement of traffic rules about the age category of children under 12 – “Ak Zhaik”newspaper). There will be no need to carry the birth certificate with them. We do visual check and if we see that the child is higher than 135cm and even if he/she is 134cm - nobody will impose any requirements.

(said at the briefing at the Central Communications Service)

January 6 2015

Uzakbai Karabalin, RoK First Vice-Minister of Energy:

-Please be informed that the Agreement was signed on December 13, 2014 between RoK and the Contract companies of the North Caspian project where among other items the issue connected with the “primary” pipeline has been settled…The Republic will not incur any looses in this regard.

(From the written reply to Ak Zhaik newspaper’s enquiry)

December 29 2014

Independent analyst Pyotr Svoik:

- To think that this association will start working to its full capacity as of January 1 is a delusion. Its start will be announced, it will function, but every year on January 1, Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will stumble on the absence of common rules and laws, as well as common executive bodies.

(said in an interview to “Vremya” newspaper)

December 23 2014

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev:

- I don’t have a stylist, as well as costume designer… I am a metallurgist, with a shovel, a pickaxe and a prybar in my hands. And that educated me. I do everything myself.

(said at the meeting with young journalists in Akorda)

December 16 2014

Karim Massimov, the RoK Prime Minister:

- The People's Republic of China proposed to the government of Kazakhstan the project on relocation of non-oil sector facilities to the territory of Kazakhstan. It involves a dozen of enterprises from non-oil sector and multi-billion contracts. We accepted this offer with gratitude. 

(said after the meeting of SCO government heads in Astana)

December 9 2014

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Head of the Chechen Republic:

- If a militant in Chechnya kills a police officer or any other person, the family of the militant will be immediately deported from Chechnya without return, and his house demolished together with the foundation … I will let nobody here shed blood!

(said after 14 police officers and 11 militants were killed in Grozny)

December 2 2014

Baktykozha Izmukhambetov, Atyrau Oblast Governor:

- There are main national holidays ahead - the Day of the first president and the Independence Day. Christmas-trees must be installed starting December 17.

(said on November 28, 2014 at the regional maslikhat session)

November 26 2014

Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan:

"...Mr Nazarbayev, I'd like to compliment you, there are people who Allah endow with wisdom at young age or in years of childhood."

(said in a visit to Astana)

November 18 2014

Baktykozha Izmukhambetov, Governor of Atyrau Oblast:

- Don’t write to the President! Your letter will be sent to me for consideration, anyway. It’s the city mayor and district governors who distribute housing accommodations. And housing will be distributed in accordance with waiting lists and the law.

(said at the regional core group meeting)                                                             

November 11 2014

Vladimir Putin,  the President of the Russian Federation:

- If in Russia we have certain numbers, but in Kazakhstan the numbers are quite different from ours, and in Belarus they again differ from two previous ones, then all business will move either to Kazakhstan or Belarus.

(said at the APEC summit about taxation of e-Trading)

November 3 2014

President's fellow student Zaman Imamdunov:

- We, those, who are still living, created a special firm called “The firm of Nursultan Abishevich’s fellow students”, so that we could help him whenever possible... Now jointly with China we produce railroad spare parts, the demand is very high. We are going to open a necessary business in Jambyl. Well, we started to do something...

(said in an interview to “Radiotochka” website re. his “fellow student...” business card)

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