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Akim of Kostanay, Marat Zhundubayev, faced criticism after stating his intention to suspend the gasification of garden plots in the city. According to him, dacha houses are not intended for year-round living.

The Financial Monitoring Agency has launched an investigation into the unlawful acquisition of flats intended for socially vulnerable groups — large families, orphans, and persons with disabilities.

The family of Shyngys Kabdula, former head of the Anti-Corruption Agency department for Astana, has been found to own luxury property in Dubai.

The editor-in-chief of the MIA KazTAG news agency, Amir Kasenov, has been placed under house arrest.

Lawyer Murat Adam-Baigaliyev delivered a report to the UN on pressure against journalists in Kazakhstan, while simultaneously participating in the criminal prosecution of journalist Oleg Gusev and demanding his isolation. This contradiction undermines trust in human rights rhetoric, believes journalist Gulbanu Abenova.