The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA — Kazakhstan’s Mazhilis (lower house of the Kazakh parliament) has ratified a memorandum of understanding with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), formalizing the legal status of its Regional Capacity Development Center for the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia in Almaty, Kazinform reported on April 1. National Bank Chairman Timur Suleimenov. Photo c…