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The Atyrau Oil Refinery (ANPZ) has refuted information that the enterprise had failed to carry out emission calculations for certain process furnaces. The plant also explained the flaring of more than 100 tonnes of gas at the flare unit.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Kazakhstan continues to review appeals from citizens located in the combat zone and is negotiating with the Russian side regarding their return to their homeland. After verifying the information, the agency intends to send the compiled list of citizens to the Russian side.

An unscheduled inspection of the Atyrau Oil Refinery (ANPZ) revealed violations of environmental requirements, including exceedances of industrial emission standards and emergency gas releases. The materials of the administrative offence cases were sent to court.

An employee of one of the banks in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan was detained while receiving $100,000 of the $4.25 million demanded for the processing of land plots. A criminal case has been opened against the man.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being introduced into the state apparatus as part of the Digital Qazaqstan strategy. According to the Vice-Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Bakhtiyar Mukhametkaliyev, the technology should improve the efficiency of work processes, while the question of its impact on individual professions remains pertinent.

Former Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces Kanat Niyazbekov has been detained and arrested in connection with the deaths of servicemen during exercises in the Caspian Sea. He is charged with negligent attitude to service.

In the Türkıstan-1 mosque in the Karasai district of the Almaty region, teacher Düisekhan Nurberdi was dismissed from his post after a video circulated on social media showing him using physical force against teenagers during classes.

In the early hours of 4 October, near the Dostar restaurant in Ust-Kamenogorsk, a 40-year-old police officer who was off duty died following a conflict. The suspect was detained and placed in a temporary detention facility (IVS).

In the Mangystau Region, a criminal case was opened after the wall of the natural site Ybykty Sai was damaged. A suspect in the vandalism has been detained.

In the capital's Saryarka district, volunteers and government representatives joined forces to remove unauthorised graffiti near the Nurly Zhol railway station - one of the capital's key transport hubs. The initiative was attended by representatives of the Saryarka district akimat, the police department, community activists and volunteers.