Represents the employer's contribution expressed as a percentage of the employee's eligible compensation.

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Required percentage of the gross salaries of local employees that the employer is required to with Hold and remit on behalf of the employee to government pension funds.

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Represents the employer's tax rate expressed as a percentage of the employee's eligible compensation.

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Represents the employer's tax rate expressed as a percentage of the employee's eligible compensation in the year following the balance sheet date.

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Represents the employer's tax rate expressed as a percentage of the employee's eligible compensation in the second year following the balance sheet date.

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 8)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Local state pension and social funds \| Kazakhstan
Social contributions
Required withholding percentage	10.00%
Social, medical and pension funds \| Russia
Social contributions
Employer's contribution to government pension plans as a percentage of employee's gross annual compensation			34.00%	26.00%
Mass media industry tax rate	28.00%	27.00%	26.00%
Mass media industry tax rate in 2014	30.00%
Mass media industry tax rate in 2015	34.00%
Social, medical and pension funds \| Kazakhstan
Social contributions
Employer's contribution to government pension plans as a percentage of employee's gross annual compensation	11.00%
Social insurance contributions \| Kazakhstan
Social contributions
Employer's contribution to government pension plans as a percentage of employee's gross annual compensation	5.00%