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The Ministry of Digital Development has proposed carrying out biometric verification when registering smartphones.

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Buying a new smartphone, registering a SIM card, or changing the owner of a device may require mandatory biometric authentication. The Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development has proposed new rules for registering and re-registering subscriber devices in Kazakhstan

WHAT RULES IS THE MINISTRY OF DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSING

The draft order has been published on the Open NLA portal. Additional guarantees of data accuracy are proposed to be ensured through biometric authentication.

In Atyrau, an environmental campaign is underway to exchange plastic bottles for ice cream.

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In Atyrau and the six rural districts subordinate to the city, an environmental campaign has launched for collecting plastic bottles, under which participants receive ice cream. The campaign is taking place as part of the nationwide environmental programme "Taza Kazakhstan".

Colleagues of the firefighters killed in the road accident have demanded an inspection of fire station No. 9 in Kurchatov.

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Two firefighters from fire station No. 9 (FS-9) in the city of Kurchatov, Arnur Adkenov and Yermek Sydykov, died in a road traffic accident (RTA) on the Semey–Kurchatov highway while travelling to their place of duty after an alarm was raised. Following the tragedy, their colleagues stated that there is a need to review the conditions under which the service is organised and the requirements for personnel to report for duty.

The sentence for sodomy is being appealed due to questions over the evidence in Pavlodar region.

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The sister of one of the men convicted of violent sodomy and sentenced to 8 years in prison has contacted the FBRK editorial office. She claims that her brother is innocent, and that the case is based on police pressure and weak evidence.

The Ministry of Ecology recognised the holding of the international conference outside the procurement plan.

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The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources reported that the anniversary meeting of the Interstate Coordination Water Management Commission was not included in the action plan which formed part of the tender documentation. New responses from the departments were received by the FBI after an appeal to the Presidential Administration regarding the case of Salamat Kabidayev, who has been unsuccessfully seeking payment for organising an international conference for almost four years.

The Balkhash court recovered 12 million tenge in the case of Meruert Aulbayeva's death.

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The Balkhash City Court partially upheld the claim brought by the brother of Meruert Aulbayeva, who died in 2023 after treatment at the city hospital due to medical negligence, and ordered the medical institution to pay 2 million tenge in material damages and 10 million tenge in moral damages.

Industrial saiga farming near Astana: what lies behind the conflict over the nursery in Korgalzhyn District

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A public conflict has erupted around Kazakhstan's largest semi-wild saiga breeding project in the Korgalzhyn district of the Akmola region. The trigger was statements by hunter and public activist Batyr Seikenov, who questioned the legality of certain aspects of the project's implementation. The editors of FB RK examined the documents, compared them with public statements from both sides, and visited the territory of the nursery.

"Brucellosis" in Kostanay Region has once again raised suspicions of a possible foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.

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In the Auliekol district of Kostanay region, restrictions have been introduced in the villages of Kazanbasy and Oktyabrskoye due to brucellosis. Of the 323 heads of cattle examined, 23 were confirmed to have the infection, and they have been sent for sanitary slaughter.
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