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The government has allocated 1 billion tenge to reduce the cost of subsidised bread.

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Правительство направило 1 млрд тенге на удешевление социального хлеба

The Government of Kazakhstan has allocated 1 billion tenge for the implementation of a programme to provide regions with subsidised grain for the production of social bread. The supply mechanism continues to operate in order to stabilise prices for this type of product.

The Ministry of Agriculture was unable to explain the technology for making rain in the Turkestan region.

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Минсельхоз не смог объяснить технологию вызова дождя в Туркестанской области
Vice-Minister of Agriculture Azat Sultanov stated that the ministry is not involved in the experiment on artificial rain generation in the Turkistan region and has no information about the technology being used. According to him, the project is being implemented by the regional akimat.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan has reported stable bread prices despite the drought.

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Минсельхоз Казахстана сообщил о стабильных ценах на хлеб несмотря на засуху
In Kazakhstan, the dispatch of subsidised diesel fuel for the harvesting campaign has begun. The Ministry of Agriculture stated that drought and hot weather, according to available estimates, have not affected the expected harvest, and the price of socially significant bread remains stable.

Residents of Alatau have taken to the streets due to a lack of water

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Жители Алатау вышли на улицу из-за отсутствия воды
Residents of the Gate City residential complex in the city of Alatau took to the streets at night after nearly 24 hours without a water supply. According to residents, they called the police and filed a statement. Later, the local administration reported that the water supply had been restored.

Beqtenov criticised the progress of the modernisation of CHPP-3 in Almaty

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Бектенов раскритиковал ход модернизации ТЭЦ-3 в Алматы
Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov criticised the pace of modernisation of CHPP-3 in Almaty and instructed the management of Samruk-Energy to complete the work by the end of 2026. He stated that the situation at the site is unsatisfactory and warned that the issue of personal responsibility would be reviewed if deadlines are missed.

The entrepreneur dismantled the children’s playground in the Akmola region after the court decision.

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Предприниматель демонтировал детскую площадку в Акмолинской области после решения суда
An entrepreneur from the village of Volgodonovka in the Arshaly district of the Akmola region dismantled a children’s playground that he had built with his own funds several years ago. The decision was made after a court ordered him to pay the family of the injured girl 1.25 million tenge in compensation for material and moral damages.

"Maniac with an axe" has once again become a person of interest in a case in Petropavlovsk

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«Маньяк с топором» снова стал фигурантом дела в Петропавловске
The notorious "axe-wielding maniac" from a high-profile criminal case has once again become the subject of a criminal investigation in Petropavlovsk. The man was arrested on suspicion of attacking a 54-year-old woman on the outskirts of the city after the victim reported the incident to the police.

Residents of the Kostanay region suspected the spraying of pesticides over the village

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Жители Костанайской области заподозрили распыление пестицидов над селом
Residents of the village of Bolshaya Churakovka in Kostanay region reported an aircraft that flew over the settlement, spraying substances. The akimat of Altynsarinsky district stated that, according to preliminary information, it may have been not pesticides but fertilisers. At the same time, there is as yet no official confirmation of what exactly was sprayed or whether the treatment took place directly over the village.

What the departments responded to the FBRC's inquiries about the epizootic situation

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Эпизоотическая ситуация в Казахстане
The FBRK has sent official requests to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. The authorities reported no cases of foot-and-mouth disease and stated that monitoring is being carried out. Specific data on the volume of research and the number of animals inspected are not provided in the official responses.

Two banks in Kazakhstan take more than half of the entire sector's profits.

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банки Казахстана
The Halyk Research analytical review for February 2026 asserts that the high profitability of Kazakh banks is explained by temporary macroeconomic conditions and is not a sign of excessive profit. However, the data within the review itself, as well as publications from the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market, paint a more complex picture.

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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