COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details 2)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 CTC and Domashny Networks Forecast USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Broadcasting licenses item	Mar. 31, 2015 Broadcasting licenses CTC and Domashny Networks Digital Broadcasting in Cities Populations More than 50000 item	Mar. 31, 2015 Minimum	Mar. 31, 2015 Acquisition of programming rights USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Transmission and satellite fees USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Leasehold improvements USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Network affiliation agreements USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Payments for intellectual rights USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Other contractual obligations USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Advance Towards Construction of Digital Infrastructure CTC and Domashny Networks Digital Broadcasting in Cities Populations Less than 50000 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Advance Towards Construction of Digital Infrastructure CTC and Domashny Networks Digital Broadcasting in Cities Populations Less than 50000 RUB	Mar. 31, 2015 Advance Towards Construction of Digital Infrastructure Broadcasting licenses Digital Broadcasting in Cities Populations Less than 50000 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Advance Towards Construction of Digital Infrastructure Broadcasting licenses Digital Broadcasting in Cities Populations Less than 50000 RUB
Purchase commitments
Total	$ 274,875,000						$ 127,738,000	$ 73,062,000	$ 30,781,000	$ 8,100,000	$ 13,090,000	$ 22,104,000			$ 24,400,000	1,424,000,000
Through 2015	116,072,000						96,096,000	10,541,000	3,860,000	1,301,000	1,500,000	2,774,000
2015																644,000,000
2016	59,117,000						31,403,000	14,762,000	5,444,000	1,835,000	2,093,000	3,580,000				271,000,000
2017	29,490,000						239,000	15,593,000	5,760,000	1,912,000	2,209,000	3,777,000				68,000,000
2018	29,683,000							16,386,000	5,016,000	2,007,000	2,323,000	3,951,000				51,000,000
2019	20,417,000							7,893,000	5,451,000	510,000	2,435,000	4,128,000
2020	20,096,000							7,887,000	5,250,000	535,000	2,530,000	3,894,000
Period of transmission agreements with the Russian television and radio network (RTRS), a transmission provider				10 years
Number of viewers in Russia				140,000,000
Threshold population of cities for digital broadcasting					50,000
Digital transmission expenses			4,100,000
Advance payments													7,600,000	444,000,000
Analog-to-digital transmission expenses		24,000,000
Other non-current assets	$ 42,558,000	$ 34,987,000
Exchange rate (in ruble)	58.46
Compliance with Licenses terms
Broadcast Licenses term	10 years
Percentage of programming in the Kazakh language during every six-hour slot						50.00%