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The editorial office of the FBRK continues to investigate the schemes for exporting cattle through the territory of Kazakhstan. The final part will cover the geography of a potential scheme that spans several countries at once.

Mazhilis deputies are preparing amendments to the Law "On Consumer Rights Protection", which will give legal force to correspondence between buyer and seller — including messages in messengers, advertising materials and video recordings.

Forbes Kazakhstan has published an updated ranking of the 75 largest private companies in the country, which includes nine newcomers.

Basin water inspections have uncovered hundreds of cases of unauthorised and non-targeted water use this year. According to the committee for regulation, protection, and use of water resources, inspections were carried out across different regions of the country, and the volume of violations exceeded last year's figures.

At the CITES conference in Samarkand on 5 December, 111 countries voted to remove the zero export quota on saiga horn from the Kazakh population. This decision, which the authorities present as a triumph of conservation policy, in fact brings to a close a period marked by contradictions, secrecy, and unanswered questions.