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Kazakhstan's Ministry of Health has assessed the risk of plague being imported from Russia as low. The reason was the death of a 28-year-old female employee of a plague control institute in Irkutsk Oblast, after which 197 contacts were placed under medical observation.

On 18 September 2026, a court handed down a sentence to the chairman of the Kazaly District Court of the Kyzylorda Region, Dauren Abdykalykov, and a judge of that court, Serik Bertai. Both received 9 years' imprisonment in a corruption offences case.

On 5 October the Head of State made personnel appointments in the leadership of the Ministry of Defence, the State Security Service and the Presidential Administration.

All three servicemen who survived the exercises in the Caspian Sea on 24 September 2026 have completed their compulsory military service and returned home. Akzhol Temerkhan, Beket Kuandyk and Nikita Udalov returned to the Mangystau, Atyrau and West Kazakhstan regions after demobilisation.

Passenger Ablai Baitenov has filed a lawsuit against FlyArystan airline following an incident on 9 July at Shymkent airport. According to him, passengers were held on board the aircraft for around 45 minutes with the doors closed and no working air conditioning, at an air temperature of +36.2°C.

Three mobile operators have been brought to administrative responsibility for exceeding the permissible signal level on the territory of penal institutions in Kostanay region. Following the measurement results, Kar-Tel LLP (Beeline), Kcell JSC and Mobile Telecom-Service LLP (ALTEL, Tele2) received fines.

Nine out of ten US residents have encountered attempts at digital fraud or cyber-attacks, and 17% reported financial losses. The study also recorded a decline in Americans' trust in the protection of personal data.

A resident of Akmola Region has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment for organising illegal gambling on Instagram. The amount of illegal income exceeded 90.6 million tenge.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev supported US President Donald Trump's approach to regulating superintelligence and suggested the possibility of extending this model internationally. The Head of State said this at the international forum AI & Digital Bridge — 2026.

The level of the Caspian Sea has reached its lowest value in the last 48 years. Over 30 years, the sea has become 2.5 metres shallower, and in some coastal areas the water has receded by more than 1.5 metres. Against the backdrop of climate change, the problem is acquiring not only ecological but also economic significance for the Caspian littoral countries.