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Dodo Pizza confirmed a cyberattack and clarified data concerning customers from Kazakhstan

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The cyberattack on Dodo Pizza’s IT system in Russia did not affect customer data from Kazakhstan. This was reported by the company’s support service. At the same time, an investigation into the consequences of the attack is ongoing, and information about a possible leak of Russian users’ data remains the subject of an investigation.

The court found the driver of the former deputy head of the Almaty Road Police guilty of inaction in the Al-Farabi road accident case

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Суд признал водителя экс-замначальника ДП Алматы виновным в бездействии по делу ДТП на Аль-Фараби
The Medeu District Court No. 2 of Almaty has sentenced the driver of the former deputy head of the Almaty City Police Department (PD) to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment. He was found guilty of dereliction of duty that led to grave consequences, within the case concerning the fatal road traffic accident on Al-Farabi Avenue.

Surgeon in Atyrau convicted of receiving money for free OSMS operations

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Хирурга осудили в Атырау за получение денег за бесплатные операции по ОСМС
Court No. 2 of Atyrau has sentenced a surgeon who took money from patients for varicose vein surgery covered under the mandatory social health insurance (MSHI). The doctor was given a two-year restriction of liberty, taking into account an amnesty, and was banned from holding certain positions for three years.

Two banks in Kazakhstan take more than half of the entire sector's profits.

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банки Казахстана
The Halyk Research analytical review for February 2026 asserts that the high profitability of Kazakh banks is explained by temporary macroeconomic conditions and is not a sign of excessive profit. However, the data within the review itself, as well as publications from the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market, paint a more complex picture.

90% of Kazakhstan's irrigation channels require major repairs.

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Оросительные каналы
The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation held a briefing dedicated to preparations for the irrigation season. 90% of irrigation canals under the management of Kazvodkhoz are classified as second category in terms of technical condition and require major repairs. The reconstruction of the K-30 canal in the Turkestan region has been postponed to 2027–2029, and the department simply could not estimate the size of the water black market.

Who is turning off the lights for Kazakhstan’s agricultural science?

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Аграрная наука
The FBRK editorial team has obtained a letter from the chief accountant of the A.I. Barayev Research and Production Centre for Grain Farming. The author describes violations of financial discipline, staffing pressure, and what she herself calls a return to the "era of chaos" in one of the main agricultural scientific institutions of northern Kazakhstan.

The Sanzhar Bokayev case has reminded people of his links with the elites of old Kazakhstan.

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Старый Казахстан
The Almaty investigative court extended Sanzhar Bokayev's detention until 18 June 2026. While the investigation establishes the circumstances of the case, the FBK editorial team recalls what the path of a man who built a reputation as an independent activist was really like.

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Dacha scandal in Shchuchinsk: who is behind the campaign against the cooperative "Shchuchinskoye DTSL"

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Щучинское добровольное товарищество садоводов-любителей
At the end of April, alarming posts appeared on the social media pages of the Burabay district: allegedly, in the cooperative "Shchuchinsk Amateur Gardeners' Voluntary Society", the management was collecting money uncontrollably and intimidating those who disagreed. An FBK journalist travelled to the scene, spoke personally with the dacha owners, and studied open sources regarding those involved in the scandal.
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