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Gulnar Bazhkenova confirmed transfers of up to 20 million tenge per month through an individual enterprise for salary payments.

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Гульнар Бажкенова
Today, in the district court No. 2 of the Bostandyk district of Almaty, a trial began in the criminal case of the former editor-in-chief of ORDA, Gulnar Bazhkenova, who told journalists before the hearing that she had transferred up to 20 million tenge per month to individual entrepreneur accounts for the subsequent payment of part of the employees' salaries in cash.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has blocked 6,000 websites containing illegal content in Kazakhstan.

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МВД заблокировало 6 тысяч сайтов с противоправным контентом в Казахстане
  • Министерство внутренних дел (МВД) подвело итоги работы по противодействию наркопреступности за первое полугодие 2026 года. За этот период в интернете заблокировали 6 тыс. сайтов с противоправным контентом, а также заморозили 9 тыс. банковских карт, которые использовались для финансирования незаконной деятельности.

Economist Eldar Shamsutdinov criticised "Kazakhtelecom" over difficulties in cancelling services.

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Экономист Эльдар Шамсутдинов раскритиковал «Казахтелеком» из-за сложностей при отключении услуг
Economist Eldar Shamsutdinov has reported difficulties when attempting to cancel services from JSC Kazakhtelecom. According to him, the disconnection process involved additional charges, requirements for a personal visit to a specific office, and the impossibility of terminating the contract remotely.

An entrepreneur from Shymkent has received 10 years in a case concerning the embezzlement of 1.3 billion tenge

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Предпринимательница из Шымкента получила 10 лет по делу о хищении 1,3 млрд тенге

The founder of private colleges, Elmira Duisenkyzy, has been found guilty of embezzling public funds and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The damage to the state exceeded 1.3 billion tenge. This is the entrepreneur's third conviction.

More than 534 billion tenge have been allocated for the development of greenhouse farming in the Turkestan region.

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Более 534 млрд тенге выделили на развитие тепличного хозяйства в Туркестанской области
In the Turkestan region, three major investment projects are being implemented for the construction of modern industrial greenhouse complexes with a total value of 534.2 billion tenge. Once the facilities are commissioned, it is forecast that the production of greenhouse products in the region will increase by 102,000 tonnes per year, alongside the creation of 1,225 permanent jobs.

Kazakhstani businessman Almas Mynbayev is suing the government of Guinea over a bauxite licence.

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Казахстанский бизнесмен Алмас Мынбаев судится с правительством Гвинеи из-за лицензии на бокситы
Kazakhstani entrepreneur Almas Mynbayev has filed a claim against the government of Guinea at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) at the World Bank. The subject of the dispute is a bauxite mining licence.

What the Ministry of Water Resources said about Tasqyn and Talsim after the press conference at the SCC

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Цифровые системы
After the FB RK editorial board publicly raised the question of the effectiveness of the Tasqyn and Talsim-NG digital water systems, the press service of the Ministry of Water Resources sent an official response from the department. It contained no measurable results of the systems' performance.

Ministry of Water Resources left water metering out of discussion at the conference on its conservation.

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Пресс-конференция
At the SCC press conference on building a water-saving culture, a question about the effectiveness of the digital water resource management systems — Tasqyn and Talsim-NG — was dismissed, citing that the question did not match the event's topic.

Shymkent will use an agricultural insecticide for disinsection in 2026.

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Шымкент дезинсекция 2026
The editorial board of FBRK has been analysing disinsection in the regions of Kazakhstan for the fourth consecutive year and is launching a series of 2026 materials. The first city to be featured is Shymkent, where a preparation originally developed for agriculture is being used.

The Committees of the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan gave contradictory responses to the request of the FBPC.

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Казахстан Генпрокуратура РК МВД РК
The editorial office of the FBRC encountered contradictory responses from state bodies when attempting to obtain statistics on the deferral of serving sentences in Kazakhstan. The situation has revealed a problem with the distribution of responsibility for such data between government agencies.
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