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The tax revenues of Kazakhstan have shown uneven dynamics across the regions

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Tax revenues into local budgets of Kazakhstan as of 1 June 2026 amounted to 3.7 trillion tenge. Compared with the same date in 2025, their volume decreased by 25.6 billion tenge, with an increase in revenues recorded in 10 out of 20 regions, while a decrease was noted in the remainder.

Kazakhstan has introduced labelling of official calls to protect against fraudsters

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In Kazakhstan, a system for labelling official calls has been introduced, which will allow subscribers to distinguish calls from banks, companies and other organisations from potentially fraudulent ones. New requirements for telecom operators have also been adopted, along with additional measures to protect users of telecommunications services.

Sand worth 719 million tenge was illegally extracted from the Tobol River in Kostanay Region.

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In the Kostanay region, an investigation into a criminal case concerning illegal subsoil use and unauthorised extraction of minerals has been completed. According to the investigation, industrial extraction of river sand was carried out outside the subsoil plot provided by the state. The criminal case has been sent to court.

The court in Aktau ruled that the publication of a video featuring the victims was unlawful and ordered the blogger to remove it.

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A court in Aktau has ordered a blogger to delete a video posted on Instagram showing investigative actions and to pay compensation for moral damage to two residents of the city. The decision was made after the court ruled that the use of the victims' images without their consent was unlawful.

<p>Deputy Chair of the National Bank of Kazakhstan fined for failing to comply with auditors' instructions</p>

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Deputy Chairperson of the National Bank, Aliya Moldabekova, has been found guilty of an administrative offence for failing to comply with an order from the Supreme Audit Chamber (SAC). A court in Astana has fined her 64,875 tenge.

Forest fires have swept through new areas of the "Semei Ormany" reserve.

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On 20 July 2026, two forest fires were recorded in blocks 55 and 65 of the Suburban Forestry of the Semipalatinsk branch of the state forest nature reserve 'Semey Ormany'. According to preliminary data, the area of each source is approximately 2 hectares, and the cause of the fire could have been a lightning strike.

The son of the Minister of Agriculture has been appointed deputy akim of the Shortandinsky district

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Aisultan Seipelov has been appointed deputy akim of the Shortandy district in the Akmola region. Previously, he worked as a chief specialist at the regional akimat for agriculture and state agro-industrial programmes. His father is Aidarbek Saparov, the current Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan.

Oil extraction in Kazakhstan is becoming more expensive faster than any other industry

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The National Bureau of Statistics has published producer price indices for June 2026. In industry, prices rose by 17.2% year-on-year, in agriculture by 16.6%, in wholesale trade by 13.8%, and in construction by 9.2%. The main contributors to the increase were oil extraction and metallurgy.

How the state adopted the Tasqyn system without measuring forecast accuracy

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Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development responded to a request from the FBRC regarding the acceptance criteria for the "Tasqyn" system. The system was accepted into commercial operation by an act dated 6 February 2025; the subject of acceptance was the correctness of the software code, not the accuracy of forecasts. The ministry did not provide specific indicators of forecast precision, error margin, or reliability.

What has been learned about the Asem Shabelskaya case in Shchuchinsk: an investigation by the FBRC

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After the first publication about the death of Asem Shabelskaya in Shchuchinsk, Burabay district, Akmola region, the FBRK team travelled to the town to conduct its own investigation. The picture that has been pieced together is considerably more complete than what had been published previously, and in some places diverges from the already known version of events.

The rise of STIs in Europe and questions regarding the epidemic control system in Kazakhstan

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The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recorded in 2024 a decade-high increase in bacterial STIs in Europe: the incidence of gonorrhoea has risen by 303% since 2015. Almost simultaneously, at a Kazakh briefing by the Central Communications Service, answers were given about brucellosis and summer sanitary control, revealing a similar systemic paradox.
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