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Residents of the Gate City residential complex in the city of Alatau took to the streets at night after nearly 24 hours without a water supply. According to residents, they called the police and filed a statement. Later, the local administration reported that the water supply had been restored.

Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov criticised the pace of modernisation of CHPP-3 in Almaty and instructed the management of Samruk-Energy to complete the work by the end of 2026. He stated that the situation at the site is unsatisfactory and warned that the issue of personal responsibility would be reviewed if deadlines are missed.

An entrepreneur from the village of Volgodonovka in the Arshaly district of the Akmola region dismantled a children’s playground that he had built with his own funds several years ago. The decision was made after a court ordered him to pay the family of the injured girl 1.25 million tenge in compensation for material and moral damages.

The notorious "axe-wielding maniac" from a high-profile criminal case has once again become the subject of a criminal investigation in Petropavlovsk. The man was arrested on suspicion of attacking a 54-year-old woman on the outskirts of the city after the victim reported the incident to the police.

Residents of the village of Bolshaya Churakovka in Kostanay region reported an aircraft that flew over the settlement, spraying substances. The akimat of Altynsarinsky district stated that, according to preliminary information, it may have been not pesticides but fertilisers. At the same time, there is as yet no official confirmation of what exactly was sprayed or whether the treatment took place directly over the village.

The oil refinery in Schwedt has begun receiving crude oil from South America instead of Kazakhstani feedstock. The change occurred after the transit of Kazakhstani oil through the Druzhba pipeline was halted from 1 May 2026.

Karlygash Dzhamankulova has submitted a statement resigning from her role as president of the International Foundation for the Protection of Freedom of Speech "Ádil sôz". She also announced her departure from the foundation's board of founders, explaining this as a result of her candidacy for election to the Kurultai and the need to avoid a potential conflict of roles.

A criminal case against a surgeon suspected of fraud and illegally obtaining material reward has been sent to court. According to the investigation, patients were offered to pay for operations that should have been carried out free of charge under the compulsory social medical insurance system.

Risks for Kazakhstan's agriculture have increased amid a decline in oil refining in Russia, a tense situation on the fuel market in Central Asia, and the upcoming scheduled maintenance of the Pavlodar Oil Refinery. According to analysts, this could lead to higher costs for farmers during the harvest season.