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The ARFR responded to calls for the resignation of Chairperson Madina Abylkasymova.

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The Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market (ARDFM) has responded to calls for the resignation of its chair, Madina Abylkassymova, which appeared in a petition following the launch of a unified interbank QR code. The authority stated that matters concerning the system’s operation, as well as the regulation of interbank acquiring fees, fall outside its remit.

Kazakhstan has halted oil pumping to Novorossiysk due to attacks on tankers

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Kazakhstan has halted the pumping of oil to the marine terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) in the Russian port of Novorossiysk following a series of attacks on tankers in the Black Sea. According to available information, the terminal has stopped receiving oil via the pipeline, as shipping companies are afraid to send vessels to the area.

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 sentence for sodomy is being appealed due to questions over the evidence in Pavlodar region.

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The sister of one of the men convicted of violent sodomy and sentenced to 8 years in prison has contacted the FBRK editorial office. She claims that her brother is innocent, and that the case is based on police pressure and weak evidence.

The Ministry of Ecology recognised the holding of the international conference outside the procurement plan.

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The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources reported that the anniversary meeting of the Interstate Coordination Water Management Commission was not included in the action plan which formed part of the tender documentation. New responses from the departments were received by the FBI after an appeal to the Presidential Administration regarding the case of Salamat Kabidayev, who has been unsuccessfully seeking payment for organising an international conference for almost four years.

The Balkhash court recovered 12 million tenge in the case of Meruert Aulbayeva's death.

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The Balkhash City Court partially upheld the claim brought by the brother of Meruert Aulbayeva, who died in 2023 after treatment at the city hospital due to medical negligence, and ordered the medical institution to pay 2 million tenge in material damages and 10 million tenge in moral damages.

Industrial saiga farming near Astana: what lies behind the conflict over the nursery in Korgalzhyn District

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A public conflict has erupted around Kazakhstan's largest semi-wild saiga breeding project in the Korgalzhyn district of the Akmola region. The trigger was statements by hunter and public activist Batyr Seikenov, who questioned the legality of certain aspects of the project's implementation. The editors of FB RK examined the documents, compared them with public statements from both sides, and visited the territory of the nursery.

"Brucellosis" in Kostanay Region has once again raised suspicions of a possible foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.

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In the Auliekol district of Kostanay region, restrictions have been introduced in the villages of Kazanbasy and Oktyabrskoye due to brucellosis. Of the 323 heads of cattle examined, 23 were confirmed to have the infection, and they have been sent for sanitary slaughter.
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