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KTŽ refused to accept the first Stadler carriages due to issues with the braking system

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КТЖ отказалась принимать первые вагоны Stadler из-за замечаний к тормозной системе
The first passenger carriages from the Swiss company Stadler, intended for JSC "NC "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" (KTZ), were not accepted after defects were identified in the braking system. The manufacturer acknowledged the faults and is rectifying them at its own expense.

The WAP reported an increase in inefficient expenditure and a shortfall in budget revenue.

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ВАП сообщила о росте неэффективных расходов и недоборе доходов бюджета
The Supreme Audit Chamber (SAC) has identified an increase in the inefficient use of budget funds, the failure to achieve dozens of state targets, and problems with the administration of budget revenues at the end of 2025. The auditors' main findings were reviewed at a plenary session of Parliament.

Companies from Kazakhstan may fall under new European Union sanctions.

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Кая Каллас, санкции ЕС против России, компании Казахстана, 21-й пакет санкций ЕС, Европейский союз, санкции против Казахстана, экспортные ограничения ЕС
The European Union's (EU) top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has stated that as part of preparations for the 21st package of sanctions against Russia, the restrictions could affect companies from a number of third countries, including Kazakhstan. This concerns new export control measures and restrictions on organisations which, in the EU's assessment, provide support to the Russian military-industrial complex.

Video address of the editor-in-chief of KazTAG raised questions about compliance with the conditions of house arrest

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ограничения меры пресечения
The publication of a video address by the Chief Editor of the KazTAG International News Agency, Amir Kassenov, to the President of Kazakhstan has raised questions that go beyond the content of the address itself: how far does its appearance in the public domain comply with the conditions of the restrictive measure under which the journalist has been held for nearly six months?

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.

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.

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