Astana. February 9. Kazakhstan Today - The members of the Cabinet of Ministers passed the national plan of measures directed at realization of the strategic plan for development of Kazakhstan until 2020 at the government session, the agency reports.

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Astana. February 9. Kazakhstan Today - 620.8 thousand tons of grain of the crop of 2009 have been purchased for the state reserve. The Minister of Economy and Budgetary Planning of Kazakhstan, Bahyt Sultanov, informed during the government session, the agency reports.

Astana. February 9. Kazakhstan Today - The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, approved the project of the concept of development of the financial sector of Kazakhstan during the post-crisis period. The chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, Grigory Marchenko, informed during the government session, the agency reports.

Astana. February 9. Kazakhstan Today - The National Bank of Kazakhstan will not reconsider the refinancing rate. The chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, Grigory Marchenko, informed during the government session, the agency reports.

Moscow. February 9. Kazakhstan Today - Russia will protect the allies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in case of an armed attack. The CSTO Secretary General, Nikolay Bordyuzha, informed, commenting on the new military doctrine of Russia, the agency reports citing the press service of the Secretariat of the organization.

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Kazakhstan will not name Russia as a privileged supplier of satellites and will announce international tenders after the launch of its KazSat-2, the head of the Kazakh space agency said on Tuesday.

Astana. February 9. Kazakhstan Today - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan is grateful to the government of Thailand for the suggestion to release the crew of Il-76 and continues to hope for release of the pilots. The official representative of the department, Askar Abdrahmanov, informed at a weekly briefing in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, answering journalists' questions, the agency reports.