Russian President Vladimir Putin recently had a meeting with Nursultan Nazarbayev, the former President of Kazakhstan, in the beautiful resort town of Sochi. During the meeting, Putin took the opportunity to inform the accompanying journalists about a significant decision he made. He revealed that he had transferred the renowned “RIA Novosti” news agency to Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president. Peskov confirmed this news and stated that Nazarbayev had indeed visited Moscow to meet with President Putin. This information was reported by NEWS.am, a reliable source of news based in Armenia.