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In the Akmola region, a court with a jury has delivered a guilty verdict in the case of illegal hunting in the territory of the "Kokshetau" state national nature park. Three individuals were found guilty of shooting Siberian roe deer in the park's protection zone. The verdict has entered into legal force.

Residents of Atyrau have complained about a sharp smell and visually noticeable clouds in the area of the Atyrau oil refinery. At Atyrau Refinery LLP, they stated that there were no pollutant emissions, and the enterprise's laboratory recorded no exceedances of the maximum permissible concentrations. At the same time, environmentalists reported multiple exceedances of hydrogen sulphide concentrations in residential areas of the city.

In the Abai region, a criminal case has been opened after two police patrol cars belonging to district inspectors were set on fire. A 66-year-old local resident, previously taken to the police station for appearing in a public place while intoxicated, is suspected of committing the unlawful acts. The man has been detained and placed in a temporary holding facility.

After Kanat Sharlapayev was appointed head of the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs, doubts arose in the public sphere as to whether he had renounced his British citizenship. Journalist Dmitry Shishkin reported that he had received an official document confirming the loss of British citizenship.

In Kazakhstan, a scheme involving the fake domestic production of medical devices has been identified and stopped. According to the National Security Committee, the state has suffered damages amounting to 4.5 billion tenge. As part of the investigation, assets have been seized and several senior employees of the supplier company have been detained.