19:15, 26 December 2012 | GMT +5
Putin offers condolences to Kazakh President over Shymkent plane crash
ASTANA. December 26. KAZINFORM President of Russia Vladimir Putin has expressed condolences to President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev today in connection with a terrible plane crash in Shymkent leaving dead 27 people, the press service of the Russian leader informs.

The Russian President passed on words of sympathy and support to the victims' families and friends.