2015 in Kazakhstan explained

Events in the year 2015 in Kazakhstan.

Incumbents

• President

Nursultan Nazarbayev

• Prime Minister

Karim Massimov

Events

January

• January 1 – The Eurasian Economic Union came into effect, creating a political and economic union between the country and Russia, Belarus, and Armenia.

Deaths

• January 5 – Vadim Glovatsky, Kazakhstani Olympic ice hockey player (1998), (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).^[1]
• December 21 – Andrei Troschinsky, Kazakhstani ice hockey player, Asian champion (1999) .^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.ntv.ru/sport/1283778/ Скоропостижно скончался бывший защитник хоккейной сборной России
2. http://www.sports.ru/hockey/1035642526.html Андрей Трощинский скончался от сердечного приступа