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JSC "Kazakhtelecom" has explained the Telegram outage in Kazakhstan

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Telegram
«Kazakhtelecom» has recorded a sharp drop in Telegram traffic at international peering points in Frankfurt and Moscow, and has found no faults in its own network. The Ministry of Digital Development has confirmed the issues and stated that specialists are looking into them. The cause of the outage has not yet been identified. At present, the service has begun to gradually recover.

The authorities have denied handing over the oversight of driving schools and driving tests to private companies.

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автошкола
Information being circulated on social media about the transfer of driving school registration, training group enrolment and driving licence examinations to private organisations is not true. These functions remain with the state.

The AFM has stopped 25 cases of illegal vaping sales in Kazakhstan.

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АФМ
Since the beginning of the year, Kazakhstan has suppressed 25 cases of illegal sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems. At present, 37 criminal cases are under investigation, and more than 276,000 electronic nicotine delivery systems have been seized from illicit circulation.

A patient has been awarded more than 1.5 million tenge after a medical error in the Kyzylorda region.

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врачебная ошибка
A resident of the Kyzylorda region went to court after a gauze swab was left inside his body during an operation to remove a cyst. The foreign object was only discovered two months later, during a second surgical procedure.

A tunnel on the border with Belarus has been discovered in Latvia

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Тоннель на границе с Беларусью обнаружили в Латвии
A subterranean tunnel has been discovered in Latvia on the border with Belarus, through which a group of 15 migrants attempted to enter the country illegally. The authorities have declared a special operation, "Werewolf", against networks involved in the illegal smuggling of people across the border and onwards to other European countries.

Pollution problems in Kazakhstan have persisted despite rising environmental expenditure

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Проблемы с загрязнением в Казахстане сохранились несмотря на рост экологических затрат
In 2025, economic entities in Kazakhstan allocated 813.3 billion tenge to environmental protection. This is almost 1.8 times higher than the 2024 figure, when expenditure amounted to 456.1 billion tenge. At the same time, data on air pollution do not make it possible to unequivocally link the rise in expenditure to an improvement in the environmental situation.

The main volume of disinsection in the Pavlodar region is carried out using biological preparations.

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Павлодарская область дезинсекция 2026
The FBRK editorial team continues its series of articles on disinsection in the regions of Kazakhstan. In Pavlodar Region in 2026, insect control is being carried out using a combined model — with a predominance of biological methods and additional use of chemical preparations.

Foot-and-mouth disease in Kazakhstan is getting out of control?

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Вспышка ящура
An internal report of the Rosselkhoznadzor, confirming an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease strain SAT1 in Russia, is being actively circulated in open sources. The same strain has been detected in China near the Kazakh border. Meanwhile, thousands of sick saiga antelopes in the West Kazakhstan region are coming into contact with livestock, potentially carrying the virus.

Independent assessment of Talsim-NG's effectiveness in Kazakhstan planned after floods

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Системы управления водными ресурсами
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has responded to a repeated request from the FBK editorial team regarding the digital water management systems Tasqyn and Talsim-NG. The Talsim-NG system is undergoing its first season of operation in eight river basins of the country. An independent assessment of its effectiveness will only be possible after the end of the flood season.

The Ministry of Agriculture has released figures on agri-drones.

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Агродроны
The Ministry of Agriculture has responded to an official request from the FBK editorial office regarding the composition and operation of the agricultural drone fleet. In 2025, 27 drones underwent warranty service in China and have now been returned to the state enterprise "Phytosanitation". Total flight time amounted to 5,300 hours, and 52,483 thousand hectares were treated across 11 regions of the country.

Hazardous substances for ecosystems are used during disinsection in the parks of Petropavlovsk.

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дезинсекция Петропавловск
The editorial board of FBRK continues its series of articles on disinsection in the regions of Kazakhstan. In 2026, chemical insecticides are once again being used in Petropavlovsk for the treatment of green spaces — a practice that is repeated year after year and has effectively remained unchanged.
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