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 expected from 2018.

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Represents the employer's tax rate expressed as a percentage of the employee's eligible compensation from 2014 till year 2017.

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 7)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Local state pension and social funds \| Kazakhstan
Social contributions
Required withholding percentage	10.00%
Social, medical and pension funds \| Russia
Social contributions
Mass media industry tax rate		28.00%
Mass media industry tax rate in 2014 and till 2017	30
Mass media industry tax rate expected from 2018	34.00%
Social, medical and pension funds \| Russia \| Maximum
Social contributions
Mass media industry tax rate			27.00%
Social, medical and pension funds \| Russia \| Minimum
Social contributions
Mass media industry tax rate			26.00%
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%