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Prosecutors identified more than 30 violations in the "Semey Ormany" forest fund

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Прокуроры выявили более 30 нарушений в лесном фонде «Семей орманы»
The prosecutor's office of the Borodulikha district identified more than 30 violations during raids on the territory of the "Semey Ormany" forest fund. Among them are illegal felling of trees, violations of fire safety requirements and administrative offences by drivers.

The US Embassy has warned citizens to take precautions due to a possible plague in Russia

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Посольство США предупредило граждан соблюдать меры предосторожности из-за возможной чумы в России
The US Embassy in Moscow has issued a medical warning following reports of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Russia's Irkutsk Region. Diplomats recommended that American citizens in the region follow the instructions of local authorities and avoid the affected medical facilities.

The number of violations at the MAEC in the Mangystau region increased by 80%

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Число нарушений на МАЭК в Мангистауской области выросло на 80%
At the Mangystau Nuclear Power Plant (MNPP), the number of identified violations of industrial safety requirements rose from 20 in 2023 to 36 in 2025. The enterprise supplies electricity, heat and water to Aktau, other settlements and enterprises of the Mangystau region.

Iran has begun supplying oil to Central Asia amid fuel shortages in Russia

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Иран начал поставлять нефть в Центральную Азию на фоне дефицита топлива в России
Tajikistan has begun receiving oil and petroleum products from Iran amid disruptions to Russian supplies, while Kyrgyzstan has agreed a proposal to establish a joint oil refinery. For Tehran, this opens up an additional sales market, but the volumes from Central Asia are not capable of replacing the main destinations of Iranian oil exports.

Illegal mine water discharge halted at a deposit in the East Kazakhstan Region

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Незаконный сброс шахтных вод остановили на месторождении в ВКО
The discharge of mine water has been stopped on the territory of the Novo-Beryozovsky deposit in the village of Verkhneberezovsky, Glubokovsky district, East Kazakhstan region (EKR). The Department of Ecology for the EKR is preparing an unscheduled inspection to establish the circumstances of the incident.

The Kurultai resolved to establish a Council for Interaction with Maslikhats

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Курултай постановил создать Совет по взаимодействию с маслихатами
The Kurultai resolved to establish a Council for Interaction with Maslikhats to ensure constant communication between the regions and the central authorities. The Council will participate in the drafting of laws, receive feedback on the application of adopted norms locally, and summarise the problems of the regions.

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.

Submitted by Вера Александрова on
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.

Kazakhstan's flood budget did not add up by 6 billion tenge?

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Противопаводковые мероприятия
In March 2026, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan announced the allocation of 48.7 billion tenge for flood prevention measures. Following a request from the editorial board of the FBRK, the department collected data from the akimats. In reality, 54.9 billion tenge was actually spent.
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