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The ban on the movement of electric scooters on pavements has come into force in Kazakhstan

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Запрет на движение электросамокатов по тротуарам вступил в силу в Казахстане
From 25 August 2026, Kazakhstan has banned the use of electric scooters on pavements and pedestrian walkways. The new requirements came into force against a backdrop of a rise in the number of road traffic accidents involving personal mobility devices.

The Ministry of Energy has introduced AI to monitor coal supplies in Kazakhstan.

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Министерство энергетики внедрило ИИ для контроля поставок угля в Казахстане
The Ministry of Energy is using a Unified Digital Platform with elements of artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics to monitor the movement of coal ahead of the upcoming heating season. The system tracks fuel deliveries and automatically identifies risks of shortages and deviations from approved schedules.

Kazakhstan has been placed on a US list regarding risks of circumventing tariffs on goods from China.

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Казахстан, США, Китай, обход пошлин, торговые тарифы США, Белый дом, The Great Transshipment Scam
The US administration has claimed there is an alleged global scheme under which goods of Chinese origin could be routed to the United States via third countries to circumvent American tariffs. Kazakhstan was among the countries included in the published list of states at risk of involvement in such schemes.

Yermukhamet Yertysbayev announced his decision to leave politics after the defeat of the National People's Party in the elections.

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Ермухамет Ертысбаев, Народная партия Казахстана, НПК, выборы в Курултай, Ирина Смирнова, выборы Казахстан, уход из политики
Former chairman of the People's Party of Kazakhstan (PPK) Yermukhamet Yertysbayev has stated that he is bringing his period of active political activity to a close following the Kurultai elections, in which the PPK failed to clear the five per cent threshold. The party received 3.11% of the vote.

Vet control without control, or why farmers treat livestock based on advice from messaging apps

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Эпизоотическая ситуация в Казахстане
The Ministry of Agriculture has officially stated that there is no foot-and-mouth disease in Kazakhstan. Biological samples are under investigation. Affected saiga antelopes, according to the department, are suffering from ticks. The disease has also not been detected in them.

How is Kazakhstan restoring its burnt forests, and is it actually restoring them at all?

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Пожары в лесах
At a press conference of the SCC on the topic of the fire season, the acting chairman of the committee for forestry and animal world of the Ministry of Ecology, Maksat Elemesov, admitted: predicting the location of a forest fire is ‘practically impossible’, and the full restoration of ‘Semey Ormany’ will take about 60 years.

Why the official diagnosis does not align with the pattern of livestock and saiga deaths in Kazakhstan

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Эпизоотическая ситуация в Казахстане
In three regions of Kazakhstan, livestock and saiga are dying with identical symptoms that do not fit the official diagnosis. Doctor of Veterinary Sciences Gaisa Absatirov insists it is foot-and-mouth disease. The authorities maintain it is pasteurellosis and are awaiting test results, while farmers are treating the animals with diesel fuel in the meantime.

Government authorities do not keep records of the consequences of suspended sentences in Kazakhstan

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государственная отчетность
In Kazakhstan, there is no systematic record of how deferral of sentence concludes. This conclusion was reached by the editorial board of FBRK following a series of requests and complaints to state authorities.

Threefold gap in meat consumption recorded among Kazakhs with different income levels

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Рацион казахстанцев
The National Bureau of Statistics has published data on household food consumption for 2025. The study covered 11,712 households across the country. The gap in diet between the least affluent 10% and the most affluent 10% of the population for meat was 3.3 times.
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