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President of JSC Vasilkov Mining-Processing Complex Alidar Utemuratov:
"NEW GOLD RECOVERY MILL WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE A LEADING ROLE IN KAZAKHSTAN'S GOLD MARKET…"

JSC Vasilkov Mining-Processing has presented its new large-scale project - a gold-recovery plant to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on May 28. The President of JSC Vasilkov Mining-Processing Alidar Utemuratov has shared the company's plans with Interfax-Kazakhstan.

Kazakh President's Advisor Yermukhamet YERTYSBAYEV:
"PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN KAZAKHSTAN WILL NEVER BE ABOLISHED"

On May 13 the Kazakh parliament adopted two laws that grant the first Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev the leader-of-the-nation status. The president has neither signed nor rejected the laws yet. According to the law, he is to make a decision within a month after receiving the laws adopted by the parliament. Yermukhamet YERTYSBAYEV, the political advisor of the Kazakh President, has kindly agreed to comment on the two laws in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Kazakhstan.

Kazakh Senate Speaker Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev on the Trans-Asian Parliamentary Forum, Kyrgyz events and his opinion on the Great Victory

Almaty is to hold the Trans-Asian Parliamentary Forum entitled "The Eurasian Dimension of the OSCE" on 14-16 May. In anticipation of this event, Interfax-Kazakhstan has spoken to the head of the forum's organizing committee, Kazakhstan's Senate Speaker and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev.

The President of Kazakhstan Engineering National Company JSC Marat MUKHAMEDIYAROV:
KAZAKHSTAN HAS ALL CONDITIONS FOR THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY

Kazakhstan intends to enhance its domestic military-industrial complex in the near future. The President of Kazakhstan Engineering National Company JSC Marat Mukhamediyarov has shared his outlooks on the defense industry development with Interfax-Kazakhstan.

Interior Affairs Department chief of Baikonur area, Colonel, Oleg SLEPENCHUK:
WE WILL CLAMP DOWN ON CRIME TO REINFORCE LAW AND ORDER IN THE AREA

Interior Affairs Department chief of Baikonur area, Colonel, Oleg SLEPENCHUK told Interfax-Kazakhstan about security measures his department takes to maintain order at the Baikonur launch-site operated by Russia on lease and a 70,000-population Baikonur city.

Olzhas SULEIMENOV:
"PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE LEARNT TO TELL THE CLEAR INTENTIONS OF THE POLITICIANS FROM UNSCRUPULOUS POLITICKING"

UNESCO Ambassador Olzhas SULEIMENOV
gives an interview to Interfax-Kazakhstan.

KEGOC Management Board Chair Kanat BOZUMBAYEV:
CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES ARE IN THE SAME "ENERGY" BOAT AND THIS HAS TO BE KEPT AFLOAT

A lot has been said this autumn about the problems of the Unified Power System of Central Asia (UPSCA). Some countries voiced their intent to pull out of the UPSCA. To make matters worse, Uzbekenergo said November 5 that the UPSCA had no future at all. Kanat BOZUMBAYEV, the president of the national grid operator KEGOC, told Interfax-Kazakhstan in an interview what would follow if the UPSCA fell apart and what problems the UPSCA state-members were encountering.

KNB head Amangeldy SHABDARBAYEV:
SCANDALOUS CORRUPTION CASES STEM FROM KNB'S ANTICORRUPTION EFFORT, NOT POLITICAL GAMES

- The Kazatomprom case provoked a massive public response. As far as everybody knows, initially the issue about violations in Kazatomprom activities was raised a couple of years ago, however, criminal charges were brought only this May. That may cast doubts on the motive behind this case...

- There are no undercurrents, let alone political motivation behind the case.

The case was launched on the officially pressed charges, on the basis of solid evidences, and only after the thorough examination of all materials by the prosecutor general's office (PGO) and other security agencies.

I am as a KNB head have no right to intervene in the course of the investigation, which is being overseen by the PGO.

Kairat KADYRZHANOV, general director of National Nuclear Center (NNC):
KAZATOMPROM MANAGEMENT CHANGE IS NO REASON FOR DRAMA

Kazakhstan national nuclear company, Kazatomprom, one of the leading uranium producers, found itself in a tight corner, when the management of the nuclear giant was fully replaced in the midst of the raging global financial crisis. The change in management was followed by some assumptions about "the fall and demise" of the national company" or its alleged "sale or takeover."

Meanwhile, a group of reputable domestic businessmen issued a public statement to support the ex president of Kazatomprom Mukhtar Dzhakishev charged with a criminal offence.

Kairat KADYRZHANOV, Doctor of Engineering Science, the general director of the Kazakh National Nuclear Center (NNC), a member of the National Engineering Academy, the International Engineering Academy and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, shares his opinion about the future of the company, the large energy projects and the whole nuclear industry of Kazakhstan in this interview with Interfax-Kazakhstan.

Standard & Poor's credit analyst YEKATERINA TROFIMOVA:
S&P PRAISES KAZAKHSTAN'S CRISIS RESPONSE EFFORTS AND EXPECTS NO BIG RISKS FOR INVESTORS OF BTA BANK AND ALLIANCE BANK

Kazakhstan has been hit the hardest of all other Central Asian states, as it is more deeply integrated into the world community. The Kazakh leadership makes adequate efforts to cushion the blow and mitigate the consequences of the crisis, Standard & Poor's credit analyst Yekaterina TROFIMOVA told Interfax-Kazakhstan.