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A teacher from Atyrau has claimed she was forced to do repairs at the school.

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Учительница из Атырау заявила о принуждении делать ремонт в школе
A teacher at a state school in Atyrau has said that she was forced to carry out repairs to her classroom, do cleaning, and perform other maintenance work. According to the teacher, she completed some of these tasks herself because she wanted to get the classroom in order for her pupils.

KazMunayGas has invested nearly a trillion tenge in Samruk-Kazyna bonds.

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«Казмунайгаз» вложил почти триллион тенге в облигации «Самрук-Казына»
«KazMunayGas» (KMG) acquired bonds of its main shareholder, the Samruk-Kazyna fund, worth KZT 951.6 billion, or about $2 billion, in the first half of 2026. Against the backdrop of the deal, the volume of loans and other debt owed to KMG by related parties grew from KZT 59.6 billion to KZT 998.2 billion.

A public service centre employee, driving a work vehicle, fatally struck a pensioner in the Almaty region.

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Сотрудник ЦОНа на служебной машине насмерть сбил пенсионерку в Алматинской области
11 August 2026, a fatal road accident occurred in the Enbekshikazakh district of the Almaty region involving an employee of the "Government for Citizens" branch, who was behind the wheel of a service vehicle. A pedestrian, a 77-year-old woman, died after being struck.

The Ministry for Emergency Situations is demanding around 8 billion tenge from the insurance company for the crashed MI-8.

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МЧС требует от страховой компании около 8 млрд тенге за разбившийся МИ-8
The Ministry for Emergency Situations (MES) of Kazakhstan has filed a lawsuit demanding compensation from the insurance company 'Eurasia' for a crashed MI-8 helicopter. The claim amount is approximately 8 billion tenge and has become a point of dispute between the parties.

A woman from Atbasar reported the erroneous removal of her fallopian tube.

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Женщина из Атбасара заявила об ошибочном удалении маточной трубы
A resident of the town of Atbasar in the Akmola region has stated that after being diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy, her right fallopian tube was removed, yet roughly a month later it emerged that the pregnancy was actually intrauterine and had continued. She is now almost nine months pregnant.

The National Security Committee is conducting a review of the game Steppe Rider for 239 million tenge.

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КНБ проводит проверку игры Steppe Rider за 239 млн тенге
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has initiated an inspection of the development of the educational game Steppe Rider, for which 239 million 888 thousand tenge were allocated from the budget. The inspection is being carried out by the National Security Committee (NSC) and the Department of Economic Investigations (DEI) for Astana.

Patients at the Aktas psychiatric hospital have reported cruel treatment

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Актас, психиатрическая больница, Алматинская область, Минздрав РК, Азаттык Азия, Самат Сатаров, РПБСТИН
Patients of the Republican Psychiatric Hospital of a specialised type with intensive observation (RPB STIN) in the village of Aktas, Almaty Region, have alleged cruel treatment, forced labour, and the use of medication as punishment. At the same time, an official inspection, which concluded on 7 August 2026, did not confirm the previously reported accusations.

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.

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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