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During a meeting of the working group to discuss the Building Code, one of the specialists who joined online appeared on screen in a home vest, with food and a drink. The video was published by Majilis deputy Bolatbek Aliyev.

Public figure Elmar Khusainov has filed applications with the General Prosecutor's Office and the Anti-Corruption Service demanding a review of the legality of the contract between JSC "NC "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" (KTZ) and the American corporation Wabtec.

In Turkestan Oblast, a major fire broke out in a private two-storey house in the village of Algabas, Zhetysai District. Twelve people died, including nine children. Emergency services are investigating the causes of the tragedy.

Ecologists of the Mangystau region are investigating two instances of wastewater discharge into the coastal zone — near the Caspian Riviera hotel and in the 9A microdistrict.

The conflict between ORDA editor-in-chief Gulnara Bazhkenova and banker Vyacheslav Kim has become the year’s biggest media event. Claims of commissioned articles against Timur Turlov, suspicions of covert project financing, and a dispute over control of the publication have all intertwined into a story where every new remark instantly becomes a subject of public scrutiny.