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Sand worth 719 million tenge was illegally extracted from the Tobol River in Kostanay Region.

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Песок на 719 млн тенге незаконно добыли на реке Тобол в Костанайской области
In the Kostanay region, an investigation into a criminal case concerning illegal subsoil use and unauthorised extraction of minerals has been completed. According to the investigation, industrial extraction of river sand was carried out outside the subsoil plot provided by the state. The criminal case has been sent to court.

The court in Aktau ruled that the publication of a video featuring the victims was unlawful and ordered the blogger to remove it.

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Суд в Актау признал незаконной публикацию видео с потерпевшими и обязал блогера его удалить
A court in Aktau has ordered a blogger to delete a video posted on Instagram showing investigative actions and to pay compensation for moral damage to two residents of the city. The decision was made after the court ruled that the use of the victims' images without their consent was unlawful.

<p>Deputy Chair of the National Bank of Kazakhstan fined for failing to comply with auditors' instructions</p>

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Зампредседателя Нацбанка Казахстана оштрафовали за неисполнение предписания аудиторов
Deputy Chairperson of the National Bank, Aliya Moldabekova, has been found guilty of an administrative offence for failing to comply with an order from the Supreme Audit Chamber (SAC). A court in Astana has fined her 64,875 tenge.

Forest fires have swept through new areas of the "Semei Ormany" reserve.

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Лесные пожары охватили новые участки резервата «Семей орманы»
On 20 July 2026, two forest fires were recorded in blocks 55 and 65 of the Suburban Forestry of the Semipalatinsk branch of the state forest nature reserve 'Semey Ormany'. According to preliminary data, the area of each source is approximately 2 hectares, and the cause of the fire could have been a lightning strike.

The Government of Kazakhstan has approved digital measures to combat the shadow economy.

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Правительство Казахстана утвердило цифровые меры по борьбе с теневой экономикой
The government has approved a Comprehensive Action Plan to combat the shadow economy for 2026–2028. The document sets target indicators for reducing the share of the shadow economy in GDP and provides for the introduction of digital tools to increase the transparency of economic processes.

Kazakhstan expands oil refining capacity amid attacks on CPC infrastructure

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Казахстан расширяет мощности нефтепереработки на фоне атак на инфраструктуру КТК
The Government of Kazakhstan has embarked on a large-scale expansion of its oil refining industry. The country will increase the capacity of its three largest refineries and is working on plans to build a new refinery with a capacity of 10 million tonnes per year. This development comes amid repeated incidents at the marine terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC).

Nazira Darimbet has taken the helm of the International Foundation for the Protection of Freedom of Speech "Ádil sóz".

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Назира Даримбет возглавила Международный фонд защиты свободы слова «Әділ сөз»
Journalist and media expert Nazira Darimbet has been elected as the new president of the international foundation for the protection of freedom of speech "Ádil sóz". The decision was taken on 17 July 2026 at the general meeting of founders and a meeting of the foundation's Board of Trustees.

The Balkhash court recovered 12 million tenge in the case of Meruert Aulbayeva's death.

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Meruert Aulbayeva
The Balkhash City Court partially upheld the claim brought by the brother of Meruert Aulbayeva, who died in 2023 after treatment at the city hospital due to medical negligence, and ordered the medical institution to pay 2 million tenge in material damages and 10 million tenge in moral damages.

Industrial saiga farming near Astana: what lies behind the conflict over the nursery in Korgalzhyn District

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питомник в Коргалжынском районе
A public conflict has erupted around Kazakhstan's largest semi-wild saiga breeding project in the Korgalzhyn district of the Akmola region. The trigger was statements by hunter and public activist Batyr Seikenov, who questioned the legality of certain aspects of the project's implementation. The editors of FB RK examined the documents, compared them with public statements from both sides, and visited the territory of the nursery.

"Brucellosis" in Kostanay Region has once again raised suspicions of a possible foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.

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Brucellosis
In the Auliekol district of Kostanay region, restrictions have been introduced in the villages of Kazanbasy and Oktyabrskoye due to brucellosis. Of the 323 heads of cattle examined, 23 were confirmed to have the infection, and they have been sent for sanitary slaughter.

Declining smoking rates in Kazakhstan are recorded against the backdrop of seizures of smuggled cigarettes.

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Kontrabanda sigaret
The proportion of smoking adults in Kazakhstan has fallen to 15.1%, reports the Bureau of National Statistics. At the same time, law enforcement agencies are recording an increase in cases of smuggled unmarked cigarettes, mainly from Kyrgyzstan.

The Akimat of Shchuchinsk included decorative finishing in the "emergency" repair of a KNB building for 26 million tenge.

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Remont zdaniya
The Department of Housing and Utilities and Housing Inspection of the Burabay District, without a tender, entered into a contract with the individual entrepreneur "Favorit" for the repair of an administrative building in Shchuchinsk for 26 million tenge. The basis was an order to eliminate breakdowns in engineering communications, however, part of the stipulated work is not related to this wording.
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