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Deputy Chairman of the Transport Committee Gani Salmayev has found himself at the centre of an investigation.

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Зампредседателя комитета транспорта Гани Салмаев оказался в центре расследования
According to FBKK sources, searches were conducted on 26 August at the home of Gani Salmayev, deputy chairman of the committee for road transport and transport control of the Ministry of Transport. According to preliminary data, Salmayev is charged under Articles 361 and 366 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

A raid was carried out in Astana's Triathlon Park to ensure cleanliness and order were being maintained.

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рейд
Another preventative patrol took place in Astana's City Triathlon Park, during which district administration staff and police checked compliance with cleanliness and public order in the area. The patrol was organised under the "Law and Order" principle and the "Taza Qazaqstan" campaign, and is aimed at preventing offences in the park.

A man in the North Kazakhstan Region issued 78 illegal loans and received 774 million tenge.

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Мужчина в СКО выдал 78 незаконных займов и получил 774 млн тенге
In the North Kazakhstan Region (NKR), a court sentenced a man to 2 years of restriction of liberty for illegal entrepreneurial and microfinance activity without a licence. According to the investigation, he issued loans across 78 episodes, using loan agreements and sale and purchase agreements.

Two banks in Kazakhstan take more than half of the entire sector's profits.

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банки Казахстана
The Halyk Research analytical review for February 2026 asserts that the high profitability of Kazakh banks is explained by temporary macroeconomic conditions and is not a sign of excessive profit. However, the data within the review itself, as well as publications from the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market, paint a more complex picture.

90% of Kazakhstan's irrigation channels require major repairs.

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Оросительные каналы
The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation held a briefing dedicated to preparations for the irrigation season. 90% of irrigation canals under the management of Kazvodkhoz are classified as second category in terms of technical condition and require major repairs. The reconstruction of the K-30 canal in the Turkestan region has been postponed to 2027–2029, and the department simply could not estimate the size of the water black market.

Who is turning off the lights for Kazakhstan’s agricultural science?

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Аграрная наука
The FBRK editorial team has obtained a letter from the chief accountant of the A.I. Barayev Research and Production Centre for Grain Farming. The author describes violations of financial discipline, staffing pressure, and what she herself calls a return to the "era of chaos" in one of the main agricultural scientific institutions of northern Kazakhstan.

The Sanzhar Bokayev case has reminded people of his links with the elites of old Kazakhstan.

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Старый Казахстан
The Almaty investigative court extended Sanzhar Bokayev's detention until 18 June 2026. While the investigation establishes the circumstances of the case, the FBK editorial team recalls what the path of a man who built a reputation as an independent activist was really like.

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Dacha scandal in Shchuchinsk: who is behind the campaign against the cooperative "Shchuchinskoye DTSL"

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Щучинское добровольное товарищество садоводов-любителей
At the end of April, alarming posts appeared on the social media pages of the Burabay district: allegedly, in the cooperative "Shchuchinsk Amateur Gardeners' Voluntary Society", the management was collecting money uncontrollably and intimidating those who disagreed. An FBK journalist travelled to the scene, spoke personally with the dacha owners, and studied open sources regarding those involved in the scandal.
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