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The Department of the Financial Monitoring Agency (FMA) of the East Kazakhstan region is investigating a case of embezzlement of budget funds allocated for the maintenance of urban roads in Ust-Kamenogorsk. Among the suspects are the former director of the State Public Enterprise on the Right of Economic Management "Taza Oskemen", his deputy, and an individual entrepreneur.

In the Aktobe region, a large-scale contamination of water bodies with toxic substances has been recorded. According to Kazhydromet, almost all rivers in the region have been found to contain high levels of phenols — organic compounds that affect the central nervous system.

Credit bureaus will begin transmitting to the State Revenue Committee (SRC) information on the debts of individuals to microfinance and collection agencies. This is provided for by an order of the Minister of Finance, which approved new rules for the exchange of information between the SRC and credit bureaus. The document comes into force on 10 November and will remain in effect until 31 December of the current year.

Residents of Shymkent are complaining about the high cost of parking near the new airport terminal. According to them, even a short stop can cost several thousand tenge.

Approximately 1.4 billion tenge have been allocated from the government reserve for the reconstruction of a protective dam in the village of Teplychnoye, Kyzylzhar District, North Kazakhstan Region. The corresponding resolution was signed by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov.