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Protests against the sale of horse meat are taking place in Poland

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Польша, Катовице, Tatarland, конина, протесты, Александр Квасняк, Активисты-аболиционисты
In the city of Katowice in Poland, multi-hour protests have been taking place since July outside the Tatarland restaurant, which serves steaks and tartares made from horse meat. Activists are demanding that horse meat be removed from the menu, but the owner of the establishment refuses to change the range.

Deepfakes of Elon Musk and Pavel Durov are luring Kazakhstanis into investment schemes

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Дипфейки с Илоном Маском и Павлом Дуровым заманивают казахстанцев в инвестиционные схемы
On social media, fake adverts for investment platforms are being circulated using deepfakes of celebrities and promises of super-high returns. One of the victims was a resident of Taldykorgan, who, after seeing the advert, transferred more than 7 million tenge to third parties.

The Kurultai approved the new WTO rules and the creation of a public chamber

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Курултай одобрил новые правила ВТО и создание общественной палаты
MPs of the Kurultai approved at first reading a bill on Kazakhstan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on domestic regulation of services and decided to create a 50-member Public Chamber under the parliament. The new chamber is to participate in expert assessment of bills even before they are considered by MPs.

Embezzlement of agricultural subsidies worth 103 million tenge uncovered in the Turkestan region

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Хищение сельскохозяйственных субсидий на 103 млн тенге выявили в Туркестанской области
The Department of the Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM) for the Turkestan Region has completed its investigation into a criminal group in a case involving the embezzlement of state subsidies. According to the investigation, the damage to the budget amounted to 103 million tenge.

Bek Air owner Nurlan Zhumasultanov detained in Almaty in connection with the theft of an aircraft engine

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Владелец Bek Air Нурлан Жумасултанов задержан в Алматы по делу о краже двигателя самолета
Nurlan Zhumasultanov, described as the de facto owner of Bek Air, has been detained in Almaty. He is suspected of involvement in the theft of an engine from a Fokker-100 aircraft, which was subsequently found to have been installed on the airline's crashed plane.

Tokayev held talks with the Prime Minister and heads of major South Korean companies

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Токаев провел переговоры с премьером-министром и главами крупных компаний Южной Кореи
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held meetings with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Han Duck-soo, and heads of major Korean companies. At the centre of the talks were economic co-operation, investment, industry, logistics and the development of Alatau City. Following the meetings, the sides also exchanged a number of agreements and memorandums.

Steppe and forest fires in Kazakhstan have engulfed around 2,870 hectares

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Pozhar
On 13 September, five forest fires were recorded in Kazakhstan – the Ministry of Ecology reported this. The FBK editorial team checked NASA FIRMS satellite monitoring data and found that on the same day far more were blazing across the country – large steppe fires had engulfed eight regions at once.

Violations at the Akkol District Hospital were confirmed without disclosing details of the penalties

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Нарушения в Аккольской районной больнице подтвердили без раскрытия деталей взысканий
A resident of Akkol, Alexander Strazhev, complained about medical care being provided by a resident doctor without a supervisor. Inspections confirmed violations in the treatment of the patient and raised questions about the chief physician's staffing decisions regarding his son. The head of the hospital was brought to disciplinary responsibility, however the grounds and type of penalty were not disclosed.

An outbreak of dermatitis in Irkutsk Oblast is escalating into a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease

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Uboj skota
In Russia's Irkutsk region, livestock continue to be destroyed because of an outbreak of lumpy skin disease: some residents and an independent veterinarian suspect the animals have foot-and-mouth disease, one of the women tried to commit suicide in protest, and farmers are demanding via a petition that documents about the diagnosis be produced. Professor Gaisa Absatirov draws parallels with the practice of concealing diagnoses in Kazakhstan.

How did the holding company «KAZ Chemicals» end up owing twice as much as its own assets?

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Otchet
The company through which part of the phosphorus business of the Kazakhmys Holding LTD group is structured has closed the period with a net loss of over 45 billion tenge for two consecutive years. By the end of 2024, the accumulated loss of KAZ Chemicals LLP had reached 116.6 billion tenge, and its equity had become negative.
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