Russian-Kazakh interregional ties must expand in Eurasian Economic Union - Putin. Part 2

Seventy-six of Russia's 93 regions maintain economic ties with all regions of Kazakhstan, he said. Putin added that Kazakhstan has become the leading partner for many of Russia's regions, including Tatarstan, and the Sverdlovsk, Orenburg and Chelyabinsk regions, whose trade with Kazakhstan exceeds a billion dollars each.

"We must move towards creating technological-industrial alliances. We must build optimal production chains involving tens and hundreds of our companies," he said.