Wildfire localised in the East Kazakhstan Region
In the East Kazakhstan Region (EKR), a wildfire was contained within the territory of the Markakol forestry. Ground forces and aviation were deployed to extinguish it.
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A man who presented himself as a public activist has been suspected of extortion
In Almaty, a man was detained who, according to the investigation, posed as a public activist and demanded money from entrepreneurs. If they refused, he threatened to report them to government agencies.
Protests against the sale of horse meat are taking place in Poland
In the city of Katowice in Poland, multi-hour protests have been taking place since July outside the Tatarland restaurant, which serves steaks and tartares made from horse meat. Activists are demanding that horse meat be removed from the menu, but the owner of the establishment refuses to change the range.
Deepfakes of Elon Musk and Pavel Durov are luring Kazakhstanis into investment schemes
On social media, fake adverts for investment platforms are being circulated using deepfakes of celebrities and promises of super-high returns. One of the victims was a resident of Taldykorgan, who, after seeing the advert, transferred more than 7 million tenge to third parties.
A police captain from Atyrau Region trains young champions
Police Captain Azamat Kashtenbay combines service in the Police Department of Atyrau Region with coaching work. In 2014, together with his brother, he founded the Kashtenbay sports club in his native village, where around 70 children now train.
The Kurultai approved the new WTO rules and the creation of a public chamber
MPs of the Kurultai approved at first reading a bill on Kazakhstan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on domestic regulation of services and decided to create a 50-member Public Chamber under the parliament. The new chamber is to participate in expert assessment of bills even before they are considered by MPs.
Embezzlement of agricultural subsidies worth 103 million tenge uncovered in the Turkestan region
The Department of the Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM) for the Turkestan Region has completed its investigation into a criminal group in a case involving the embezzlement of state subsidies. According to the investigation, the damage to the budget amounted to 103 million tenge.
Bek Air owner Nurlan Zhumasultanov detained in Almaty in connection with the theft of an aircraft engine
Nurlan Zhumasultanov, described as the de facto owner of Bek Air, has been detained in Almaty. He is suspected of involvement in the theft of an engine from a Fokker-100 aircraft, which was subsequently found to have been installed on the airline's crashed plane.
More than 500 trees were illegally felled in a forest in the Akmola region
In one of the forestry enterprises of the Bulandy district of Akmola region, more than 500 pine and birch trees were illegally felled. The preliminary damage is estimated at approximately 1 million tenge.
Kazakhstan champion Adil Tilektes died at an enterprise in Shymkent
28-year-old champion of Kazakhstan in Greco-Roman wrestling among athletes with hearing impairment Adil Tilektes died on 12 September on the territory of one of the enterprises in Shymkent. According to preliminary data, the man sustained a fatal injury from electric shock during work.
Who will be able to work as a private detective in Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, a package of bills regulating the activities of private detectives has been reviewed. The documents introduce licensing of the profession, establish qualification requirements and administrative liability for violations. The amendments also determine the procedure for using the results of detective work in criminal proceedings.
The Ministry of Ecology has not disclosed data on the distribution of quotas for bird shooting.
The Ministry of Ecology has approved quotas for the culling of over 4.3 million birds. Experts describe these figures as “virtually unlimited”. FBLC has sent an official request to the department. The response contains a single figure: 145,425 registered hunters. There is no data on issued licences.
The application of the volleyball club under the sports department was rejected in a tender in the Zhetysu region.
Repeat competition for 1.279 billion tenge for the training of regional volleyball teams in the Zhetysu region has been declared void. The only bid was submitted by the State Communal Government Enterprise "Zhetysu Volleyball Club", but the commission rejected it due to non-compliance with qualification requirements.
Almost 95% of the contracts for the locust control tender were awarded to a single supplier.
Ministry of Agriculture has announced the results of the tender for chemical treatment of agricultural land against locusts in 2026. According to the procurement results, around 95% of the value of the awarded lots, totalling more than 1.7 billion tenge, went to a single supplier — sole trader "Bagzhan". Earlier, market participants had submitted objections to the requirements of the tender documentation, but the customer left the conditions unchanged.
The duty to preserve nature is enshrined in the new Constitution of Kazakhstan.
In the draft of the new Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, it is proposed to enshrine the duty of citizens to preserve nature and treat natural resources with care. This provision is contained in Article 37. The document also establishes the state's obligation to ensure a favourable environment and liability for concealing ecologically dangerous information.
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