Russia and Kazakhstan’s professional journalistic community plays a major role in strengthening trust between the two peoples amid the turbulent international situation, TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov said. As Russian President Vladimir Putin recently noted at the 22nd Interregional Cooperation Forum, relations between our countries are truly strategic, not just in words, but absolutely in practice," he said at a plenary session of the 3rd Russian-Kazakh Media Forum. He recalled that the Russian-Kazakh Media Forum was established three years ago. According to Kondrashov, the results of the 2024 Moscow and 2025 Almaty forums show that much has been achieved. The first Russian-Kazakh Media Forum was held at TASS’ Moscow headquarters in November 2024.