Russia to open its Consulate General in Kazakhstan's Aktau

MOSCOW. Feb 11 (Interfax) - Russia's Consulate General will open in Kazakhstan's Aktau, according to the relevant decree signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and published on the official legal information website on Wednesday.

The Russian Foreign Ministry was ordered to establish the number of the Consulate General's staff.

Its opening and maintenance costs will be funded "through budget allocations to the Russian Foreign Ministry envisaged in the federal budget for the corresponding financial year and the planned period as the allowance to the foreign office," the decree said.