In December 15, 2011 Nursultan Nazarbayev suggested the world to create a communication platform “G-global” in his speech at the formal meeting timed to the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence.

“So far nobody has suggested a global anti-crisis plan that would to be acceptable for everyone. Unfortunately, G-20 and G-8 are demonstrating inefficiency of the global anti-crisis approach. I suggest to expand the number of participants searching for anti-crisis solutions for the world. I suggest calling this new communication platform G-global,” Kazakhstan President pointed out in his speech. 

 (Kazakhstan President’s official visit to Germany, February 7-8, 2012)  

 The early Parliamentary election on January 15, 2012 took place in a peaceable, calm, free and transparent atmosphere and represents an important step in Kazakhstan’s continuing political development.

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 The elections will usher in a new era for Kazakhstan and represent another step forward in our young nation’s political development. 

 On 16^th November 2011, President Nazarbayev accepted a petition of 53 Majilis Deputies to dissolve parliament and set elections for January 15, 2012. The elections, for both the Majilis (lower house of parliament) and Maslikhats (local bodies), were last held in 2007. 

                Integration processes within the Custom Union are creating certain challenges for Russia and require that the government create optimal conditions for business, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said.

"Since the collapse of the Soviet Union everyone has been talking, talking and talking of integration. The CIS functioned for better or worse and played its role but true integration has begun now [after the launch of the Customs Union]," he said at an expanded session of the board of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

He advised everyone present to read the articles of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev published in the daily Izvestia.