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Illegal issuance of loans secured by collateral is being investigated in Uralsk

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Незаконную выдачу займов под залог расследуют в Уральске
In Uralsk, an illegal microfinance operation is under investigation: loans secured by jewellery were issued without a licence through a scheme involving a pawnbroker-style shop. Loans were disguised as commission agreements, and interest was masked as storage fees. The total revenue exceeded 128 million tenge, and part of the suspect's property has been seized.

The rules for registering applications in the URDR have been updated in Kazakhstan.

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Генеральная прокуратура Казахстана
In Kazakhstan, the rules for recording reports of offences and maintaining the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations (URPI) have been updated. Order No. 37 of the Prosecutor General introduces automatic registration of messages from electronic services and clarifies the procedure for statistical recording and electronic access to case materials.

Ex-deputy akim of Atyrau region Bakytgul Khamenova had her prison sentence replaced with restriction of freedom.

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Бакытгуль Хаменова

Court No.2 of Atyrau has replaced the prison sentence of former deputy akim of Atyrau Region, Bakytgul Khamenova, with 7 years of restricted liberty under probation supervision. The decision was made after the expiry of a three-year deferral of the sentence in a bribery case.

The signing of the Constitution launched a large-scale transformation of Kazakhstan's political system

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Касым-Жомарт Токаев
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, adopted on 15 March 2026, and a decree on measures for its implementation. The document launches a large-scale reform of the country's legal and political system. In the near future, five new constitutional laws are planned to be introduced to Parliament, as well as amendments to more than 60 existing laws.

<html><body><p>17 years' imprisonment have been handed down to the organisers of an internet drug shop in the Aktobe region.</p></body></html>

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наркопреступность Казахстан
A court in the Aktobe region has found six members of a group guilty of organising the sale of psychotropic substances through the online store "Qymyz shop". They have been sentenced to between 15 and 17 years' imprisonment.

License plate numbers for rental e-scooters are being introduced in Kazakhstan

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электросамокаты
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has approved rules for identifying rental e-scooters in Kazakhstan. According to the order, kick-sharing operators will independently assign registration numbers to the devices and maintain their records. The new requirements will come into force on 1 July 2026 and apply only to commercial rental services.

Criminal investigation into fraud launched following film studio castings in Almaty

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Jan Production
In Almaty, police are investigating a criminal case under the article “Fraud” following complaints from parents of children who took part in castings held by the film studio Jan Production. Families were offered the chance to take part in short film shoots for a fee of around 1.5 million tenge. According to the parents, after the money was paid, the shoots did not take place, and the company’s office turned out to be closed.

Violations of the labour rights of over 700 medical workers were identified in Taldykorgan.

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Талдыкорганская городская многопрофильная больница
The Taldykorgan city prosecutor’s office has revealed violations of labour rights among employees of the Taldykorgan City Multidisciplinary Hospital. It was established that permissible limits for overtime work were exceeded and that additional hours were incorrectly paid. The violations affected the rights of more than 700 medical workers.

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.

The internal conflict in the MSH committee has escalated into a demand for an official investigation.

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Служебная проверка
The conflict in the Veterinary Control and Supervision Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture has escalated beyond the usual professional disagreements. The head of the Human Resources and Organisational Work Department, and the committee’s ethics officer, Alfiya Zhamkenova, has sent an appeal to Vice-Minister Amangaliy Berdalin, requesting that he take the situation under control and conduct an official investigation into the actions of the committee’s chairman, Kazbek Tashimov.

Anti-corruption case in the transport sector of the EKR has affected the akim’s inner circle

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задержание

In the East Kazakhstan Region, the head of the Department of Passenger Transport and Highways, Daniyar Uakhitov, has been detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. Large sums of cash have been seized from him. Amid the investigation, he has left his post, and the performance of his duties has been transferred to his deputy.

An administrative error left an orphan child without housing in the Abai region.

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ребенок
The specialised inter-district administrative court of the Abai region considered a lawsuit to protect the rights of a minor pupil who had lost his place on the housing waiting list. The court ruled that the actions of the officials were unlawful and ordered the restoration of his registration on the housing list from 2016. The decision has entered into legal force.

The defendant in the Air Astana case in Kazakhstan spoke about discounted tickets for management.

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Air Astana
Former Director of the FlyArystan department, Renat Abulkhanov, who is in pre-trial detention on charges of financial irregularities at Air Astana, has published an open letter. He stated that the arrangement of discounted airline tickets was carried out on the instructions of the airline’s top management.
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