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Pensioners from Pavlodar, acting on the instructions of fraudsters, set off a firecracker in a bank branch.

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Two elderly people were injured after a pyrotechnic device was set off in a branch of Halyk Bank in Pavlodar. According to the police, the pensioners followed the instructions of telephone scammers, who persuaded them to ignite a firecracker placed inside a cake.

The UK Prosecution Service has frozen the former mansion of Nurali Aliyev

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The UK Crown Prosecution Service has frozen an elite mansion in the Highgate area of London, valued at $32.7 million. The property belongs to Yu Cong, a Chinese-born individual with Cambodian citizenship. The restrictive measures have been imposed due to suspicion that the property was purchased with funds of illegal origin. However, no criminal charges have been brought against the owner in the United Kingdom.

The prosecutor's office put a stop to schemes involving a turnover of 200 billion tenge in the Turkestan region.

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In the Turkestan region, several illegal schemes related to tobacco smuggling, extortion of funds, and illicit capital outflows have been shut down. Pre-trial investigations have been launched into specific episodes, and the total volume of identified illicit fund outflows reached approximately 200 billion tenge.

The fight over nectarines occurred after a lorry crash in WKO.

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After a road traffic accident (RTA) involving a lorry transporting nectarines on the Samara — Shymkent highway in the West Kazakhstan Region (WKR), local residents began to salvage the undamaged cargo. According to eyewitnesses, arguments and scuffles broke out among people as they collected the fruit scattered along the road.

Lawyers have raised concerns about possible pressure on teenagers in the case of a policeman's murder in the Almaty region.

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In the case of the death of 37-year-old police officer Aslan Alserov, whose burnt body was found on 23 June in the mountains of the Almaty region, new statements have emerged from the defence of the minor defendants. Lawyers claim that during the investigation, pressure may have been put on the teenagers, and the first interrogation of one of them took place without a lawyer present.

Employees of the tax office in Shymkent were fined for violating business rights

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An entrepreneur in Shymkent was unjustly issued a notice to rectify violations amounting to 466.5 million tenge instead of the 28 million tenge actually identified. After the prosecutor's office intervened, the illegal notice was cancelled, and two employees of the tax authority were held administratively liable.

The embankment near the former residence of Dariga Nazarbayeva has opened in Astana

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A section of the embankment in Astana, which had been closed due to a nearby residence linked to Dariga Nazarbayeva, has been opened for free passage. Following the completion of improvement works, residents have gained access to the pedestrian route along Ataturk Park.

Kazakhstan has requested a $75 million loan from the World Bank for AI development

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Kazakhstan is discussing with the World Bank the possibility of obtaining a loan of up to $75 million to implement a project in the field of artificial intelligence, startups and Industry 4.0 technologies. The project is at the negotiation stage, and a decision on its approval is scheduled for early September.

Fight between coaches at the Asian Rowing Championships in Turkestan caught on video

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At the Asian Rowing Championships in Turkestan, a conflict occurred between Timur Alikhanov, a coach at the Turkestan Regional Specialised Youth Sports School of the Olympic Reserve, and Daulet Sultanbekov, a state coach of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Following the incident, both parties have contacted the police, and the circumstances of what happened are being clarified.

How the veterinary control department rushed to close the FBRE complaint in e-Otunysh

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The Veterinary Control and Supervision Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture refused to provide the FBRK editorial office with information regarding the import of cattle. During the review of the FBRK complaint, a hearing was scheduled for the same day and deemed not to have taken place, although by law two working days were allotted for it.

How sand extraction is destroying the Ilek River in the Aktobe region

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The FBK editorial office has received reports from residents of the Aktobe region concerned about the condition of the Ilek River. According to them, new quarries for the extraction of sand and sand-and-gravel mixtures are actively appearing along the floodplain. People fear that interference with the riverbed and floodplain system could have consequences not only for the ecology but also for the region's water supply.

"No cameras - no trash": how Kazakhstan's ecology ministry explained the refusal to install video surveillance at landfills

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The Ministry of Ecology stated that CCTV cameras to combat illegal dumping have been deemed "impractical", as waste is supposedly stored outside populated areas. However, data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, media publications and FBRK investigations show that dumping sites were recorded within cities too, and the government bodies themselves had previously reported on the effectiveness of cameras and digital monitoring.

The "raw" ESUTD platform has become mandatory for Kazakh carriers

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The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan has introduced mandatory registration of transport documents in the ESUTD system from 1 June 2026. Users are reporting a lack of verification during platform registration and the public disclosure of personal data in an open chat. The editorial board of the FBRE has decided to look into all the shortcomings of the system.
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