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WAP recorded the wear of heating networks in WKO against the background of financing of 5.1 billion tenge in 2025

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In the West Kazakhstan Region (WKR), 5.1 billion tenge was allocated in 2025 for the development of heating networks, yet their depreciation remained at 31%. The Supreme Audit Chamber (SAC) recorded an absence of improvements despite the allocated funding.

LLP "Vostoktsvetmet" has been fined 100 million tenge for violating environmental legislation

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Vostoktsvetmet LLP has been fined more than KZT 100 million for violating environmental legislation in the East Kazakhstan Region (EKR). The violations were identified during an inspection of the fulfilment of obligations to remediate the consequences of subsoil use.

Kazakhstanis reported threats of being sent to the front after being deceived with work in Russia

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A group of Kazakh citizens have recorded a video appeal asking for help after, according to them, instead of working as security guards in Russia they were offered to go to war in Ukraine. According to the young men, they were threatened with 15 years' imprisonment for refusing.

A village in Aktobe Region was left without water after the ceremonial opening of a water pipeline

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Residents of the village of Barshakum in Aktobe Region, a year after the ceremonial opening of the water pipeline, are still using a well from which they water livestock. At the same time, local authorities confirmed that the facility had been built and commissioned, but explanations for why it is lying idle differ.

Kazakhstani creates a simulator of the Almaty akim to solve the traffic jam problem

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A Kazakhstani has developed an economic simulator of the Almaty akim, in which the player has to allocate a budget of 100 billion tenge, tackle traffic jams and maintain their reputation over five years. The author created the browser game with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).

"Regulation of saiga numbers" may resume in 2026 amid mass die-offs of the animals

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Travelers from the historical-geographical society 'Avalon' have discovered around a hundred saiga carcasses along a 40-kilometre stretch of steppe road. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources is preparing to continue culling saigas in 2026, citing a population of 5 million individuals.

Who is to blame for the fish deaths on Lake Aidabol in the Zerenda district?

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At Lake Aidabol in the Zerenda district of the Akmola region, a mass fish die-off has been recorded. Specialists from the Yesil interregional basin fisheries inspection, the veterinary service, and the ecology department of the Akmola region have taken water samples and fish specimens for laboratory analysis. The causes of the die-off will be known after the tests.

The story with the Barayev Centre is repeating itself within the NANOC system.

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Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed the export of grain under fictitious transactions and illegal bonus payments from the budget at the Karaganda Agricultural Experimental Station, subordinate to NANOC. This is the second episode of violations in the holding's structures in recent months — following publications about the Barayev Centre, over which the Bureau of Corruption Prevention received a pre-trial claim from its management.

The authorities of Aktobe have still not assessed the impact of the quarries on the Ilek.

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Two specialised departments of the Aktobe region responded to the FBK’s enquiry about quarries in the Ilek river floodplain. A comprehensive assessment of the impact of sand extraction on the river’s hydrological regime has not been carried out, and the question of conducting such an assessment is only being considered by the regional akimat.

The case of Asem Shabelskaya in Shchuchinsk: why relatives are demanding a reclassification of the charges

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In Shchuchinsk, 36-year-old Asem Shabelskaya has died. A criminal case is being investigated under the article on intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm resulting in death. However, the victim's relatives strongly disagree with this, demanding that the suspect be tried for murder.

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