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Starting 24 November, a new procedure for paid quarantine phytosanitary inspections has been introduced on a pilot basis in the East Kazakhstan, Mangystau, Turkestan, Abai and Zhetysu regions. The decision was made taking into account the practices of Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, China, Belarus and Russia.

Paramedics and ambulance drivers in Taldykorgan have recorded a video appeal to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova. They highlighted difficult working conditions and the need for systemic changes in the ambulance service.

The Pavlodar Regional Prosecutor's Office has removed from its official website a press release reporting the department's long-standing involvement in supporting the EkibastuzFerroAlloys project. According to available information, this plant is linked to the circle of the Nigmatulin brothers.

Nursultan Nazarbayev's former son-in-law, Rakhat Aliyev, asked the American side for assistance with safe relocation to the United States. At the same time, he hoped to recover around $2 billion (over 1 trillion tenge) which, he claimed, his family lost following the confiscation of assets in Kazakhstan. This came to light from published letters of American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In Turkestan, a guilty verdict has been handed down in a case involving the embezzlement of budget funds allocated for subsidising the wages of employed citizens.