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A resident of Kostanay has been convicted of illegally issuing loans worth 1 billion tenge.

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In Kostanay, a court has handed down a sentence in a case involving illegal microfinance activity and the legalisation of criminal proceeds. According to the investigation, a local resident issued loans secured against property without a licence, and the court sentenced him to 2 years and 8 months' imprisonment. The sentence has not yet come into legal force.

After repairs costing 5 million tenge, potholes remain at the hydro-engineering facility in Petropavlovsk.

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After five days of repairs, a new section of asphalt around 50 metres long has appeared on the bridge of the Petropavlovsk hydroelectric complex. At the same time, the approaches to the structure and the main part of the road on the dam remain covered in deep potholes.

A car owner was ordered to pay 1.6 million tenge after a fire caused by a match.

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A carelessly discarded match and a violation of the rules for operating a car with gas-cylinder equipment led to a fire in a car park in Astana. The court concluded that both car owners were to blame for what happened, and ordered the defendant to pay over 1.6 million tenge in material damages and court costs.

Nearly a hundred vandals have been punished in Astana for damaging property.

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Since the start of 2026 in Astana, 94 people have been brought to administrative responsibility for the deliberate destruction and damage of others' property. Of these, 67 have been subjected to administrative detention, while a further 27 have received fines totalling more than 5 million tenge.

More than 1,300 people have been released under an amnesty in Kazakhstan

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported that since the implementation of the Law "On Amnesty in Connection with the Adoption of the New Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan" began, 620 people have already been released from penal enforcement institutions, and a further 724 citizens have been released from further service of their sentences under the probation service.

The Ministry of Ecology has not disclosed data on the distribution of quotas for bird shooting.

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The Ministry of Ecology has approved quotas for the culling of over 4.3 million birds. Experts describe these figures as “virtually unlimited”. FBLC has sent an official request to the department. The response contains a single figure: 145,425 registered hunters. There is no data on issued licences.

The application of the volleyball club under the sports department was rejected in a tender in the Zhetysu region.

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Repeat competition for 1.279 billion tenge for the training of regional volleyball teams in the Zhetysu region has been declared void. The only bid was submitted by the State Communal Government Enterprise "Zhetysu Volleyball Club", but the commission rejected it due to non-compliance with qualification requirements.

Almost 95% of the contracts for the locust control tender were awarded to a single supplier.

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Ministry of Agriculture has announced the results of the tender for chemical treatment of agricultural land against locusts in 2026. According to the procurement results, around 95% of the value of the awarded lots, totalling more than 1.7 billion tenge, went to a single supplier — sole trader "Bagzhan". Earlier, market participants had submitted objections to the requirements of the tender documentation, but the customer left the conditions unchanged.

The duty to preserve nature is enshrined in the new Constitution of Kazakhstan.

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In the draft of the new Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, it is proposed to enshrine the duty of citizens to preserve nature and treat natural resources with care. This provision is contained in Article 37. The document also establishes the state's obligation to ensure a favourable environment and liability for concealing ecologically dangerous information.

Tender for legal support of a thermal power plant worth 749 million roubles discussed online

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In social media, a tender for legal support of a thermal power plant construction project in Ust-Kamenogorsk, worth 749 million tenge, is being discussed. The reason was publications by PR specialist Kuat Dombay about a possible conflict of interest. FBKK studied the tender documentation and procurement protocols, as well as media reports about possible connections between the competition participants.
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