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Fake instructions on unemployment benefits are being spread on social media

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Фейковые инструкции по пособиям по безработице распространяют в соцсетях
In social media, messages are circulating about an allegedly legal way to receive unemployment benefits after the end of parental leave. The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan (the Ministry of Labour) has stated that such a scheme has no legal basis. The department warns: the dissemination of false information and attempts to obtain payments on this basis may lead to liability.

About 400 SIM cards were seized from a female resident of the Kostanay region as part of a criminal case.

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Около 400 SIM-карт изъяли у жительницы Костанайской области по уголовному делу
Police officers have identified a 26-year-old resident of Kostanay who, according to the investigation, activated SIM cards and provided access to messenger accounts to third parties. During a search, law enforcement seized around 400 SIM cards, as well as mobile devices. A criminal investigation has been launched into the fraud.

The lawyer has been convicted of fraud and incitement to bribery in Pavlodar.

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Адвокат осужден за мошенничество и подстрекательство к взятке в Павлодаре
In Pavlodar, a court has sentenced a lawyer from the Pavlodar Regional Bar Association, who was found guilty of fraud and incitement to bribery. According to the prosecution, he received 6.1 million tenge from a client under the pretext of transferring the funds to officials. The court imposed a sentence of 3 years and 3 months' imprisonment.

Minister of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan dismissed after investigation into statement about possible bribe

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Министр МЧС Кыргызстана уволен после проверки заявления о возможной взятке

Kyrgyzstan's Minister for Emergency Situations, Urmatbek Shamyrkanov, has been dismissed from his post by order of President Sadyr Zhaparov. The decision was based on suspicions of bribery relating to the period when he served as Deputy Minister. At the President's instruction, the General Prosecutor's Office carried out an investigation, which reported that the facts outlined in the submission had been confirmed.

AZRK has identified a violation in the activities of the Konaiv SEC in the Almaty region

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АЗРК выявило нарушение в деятельности СПК «Конаев» в Алматинской области
The Department of the Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Almaty Region (APDC) has completed a monitoring of the activities of JSC "Konayev Social and Entrepreneurial Corporation". During the inspection, it was established that the company had been engaged in investment activities involving the issuance of loans to agricultural entrepreneurs without approval from the antimonopoly authority. Following the monitoring, an order was issued to eliminate the violations, which has already been complied with.

Meat exports from Kazakhstan distort statistics by understating customs value?

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Экспорт мяса
According to the Bureau of National Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in 2025 the country exported 32.3 thousand tonnes of beef for $127.4 million — at an average price of around $3.95 per kg. Industry analysts note that a significant portion of shipments went through at prices below $2 per kg, which experts attribute not to genuine dumping but to the deliberate undervaluation of customs value.

KNB has launched an investigation following reports of the detention of a DER employee in Shymkent.

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КНБ начал расследование после сообщений о задержании сотрудника ДЭР в Шымкенте
Employees of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NSC) are conducting a pre-trial investigation following the emergence online of information about the detention of an employee of the Department of Economic Investigations (DEI) in Shymkent. The special service confirmed the fact of the investigation, but the details of the case are not being disclosed. Posts on social media allege that it may involve a suspicion of accepting a bribe of around 300,000 tenge.

Officer of the Emergency Situations Department died on Lake Altynkol in the Zhetysu region

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Офицер ДЧС погиб на озере Алтынколь в области Жетысу

On Lake Altynkol in the Panfilov District of the Zhetysu Region, an employee of the Department for Emergency Situations died during a rescue operation. Major of Civil Protection Damir Taranov was taking part in rescuing a person who had become stranded on a detached ice floe. During the operation, a secondary fracture of the ice occurred.

UPD: FBK is clarifying the circumstances of the export of KazBeef Processing beef.

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Экспорт мяса
The editorial board of FBRK has received official clarifications from KazBeef Processing LLP regarding the recent article on the specific features of beef export control in Kazakhstan. After an additional fact-check, our editorial board considers it necessary to clarify a number of circumstances outlined in the previous publication.

Transport Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan will check Air Astana amid the scandal over discounted tickets

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Главная транспортная прокуратура
The Main Transport Prosecutor’s Office has initiated an inspection into the activities of JSC ‘Air Astana’ and JSC ‘FlyArystan’ following publications regarding the possible sale of discounted airline tickets for the benefit of management and related parties. The inspection will be conducted through the Civil Aviation Committee.

Personnel appointments in police bodies have affected a number of regions of Kazakhstan

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МВД РК
In the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, a planned rotation of senior management has taken place. By orders of the Minister of Internal Affairs, coordinated with the Presidential Administration, new heads have been appointed to the Ministry’s central office and a number of territorial police departments. The staffing changes have affected several regions of the country.

The deal between Prince Andrew and Timur Kulibaev has become the focus of a BBC investigation

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принц Эндрю Тимур Кулибаев
A BBC investigation has shown that the purchase of Prince Andrew’s former residence in the UK in 2007 may have been partly financed by funds from a company that the Italian prosecutor's office linked to corrupt payments. The buyer was Kazakh billionaire Timur Kulibayev, the son-in-law of the former president of Kazakhstan. Kulibayev himself denies corruption and calls the deal lawful.

Former akim of Shymkent, Gabidulla Abdrakhimov, has received a position within the Samruk-Kazyna structure.

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Габидулла Абдрахимов
Former mayor of Shymkent, Gabidulla Abdrakhimov, has been appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Board for Operations at Samruk-Kazyna Construction JSC and assumed the position on 29 December 2025, the fund's press service reported and several Kazakh media outlets confirmed. However, he is not officially a member of the company's board of directors.
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