Chairman of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov announced the publication of books on the eve of the 30th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazpravda.kz reports with reference to the press service of the NSC.

Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev appealed to Kazakhstanis in the light of the election of deputies to the Majilis and maslikhats, Kazpravda.kz reports.

During the meeting, the founders and President discussed Kaspi.kz's contribution to the development of fintech, e-commerce and digital payments and how the company is enabling Kazakhstan's rapid transition from cash to a cashless economy. Kaspi.kz's strategy to support the growth of SME's with new financing and payments products was also in focus.

The audit and cameral control of 2018 budget execution revealed violations worth 355 billion tenge. It was stated at Majilis plenary session in the conclusion on reports of the Government and the Accounts Committee on 2018 budget execution, Kazpravda.kz correspondent reports.

The press service of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported that Dariga Nazarbayeva has no official accounts in social networks, Kazpravda.kz reports.

Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin spoke with people from figure skating, as well as friends of the deceased Kazakhstani athlete Denis Ten within the special edition of the author's program "Melting ice", Matchtv.ru reported.

In Kostanay, the first full-length feature film was shot, which is called "Once in Kostanay", kstnews.kz reports.

The bodies of three murdered Russian journalists were found in the Central African Republic. With them, there were press certificates, ru.tsn.ua reports.