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Sultan Sarsemaliyev has been given a life sentence for the murder of a family in Atyrau

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Султан Сарсемалиев получил пожизненный срок за убийство семьи в Атырау
The specialised inter-district criminal court of the Atyrau region found Sultan Sarsemaliyev guilty in the case of the murder of a family of four and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The court also ordered the convicted man to pay the injured party 40 million tenge in compensation for moral harm.

The government has allocated 1 billion tenge to reduce the cost of subsidised bread.

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Правительство направило 1 млрд тенге на удешевление социального хлеба

The Government of Kazakhstan has allocated 1 billion tenge for the implementation of a programme to provide regions with subsidised grain for the production of social bread. The supply mechanism continues to operate in order to stabilise prices for this type of product.

The Ministry of Agriculture was unable to explain the technology for making rain in the Turkestan region.

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Минсельхоз не смог объяснить технологию вызова дождя в Туркестанской области
Vice-Minister of Agriculture Azat Sultanov stated that the ministry is not involved in the experiment on artificial rain generation in the Turkistan region and has no information about the technology being used. According to him, the project is being implemented by the regional akimat.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan has reported stable bread prices despite the drought.

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Минсельхоз Казахстана сообщил о стабильных ценах на хлеб несмотря на засуху
In Kazakhstan, the dispatch of subsidised diesel fuel for the harvesting campaign has begun. The Ministry of Agriculture stated that drought and hot weather, according to available estimates, have not affected the expected harvest, and the price of socially significant bread remains stable.

Residents of Alatau have taken to the streets due to a lack of water

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Жители Алатау вышли на улицу из-за отсутствия воды
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.

Beqtenov criticised the progress of the modernisation of CHPP-3 in Almaty

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Бектенов раскритиковал ход модернизации ТЭЦ-3 в Алматы
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.

ECP for registering phones is being bought from Kazakhstanis in Threads

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Personalnyy klyuch
In the social network Threads, a user posted an advert to buy electronic digital signatures (EDS) from people who travelled abroad from September 2025, for 25,000 tenge. Judging by the wording, the signature is needed for "phone verification" – a procedure introduced in Kazakhstan for smartphones brought in from abroad.

What is known about the past of the agriculture minister's son?

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Айсултан Сейпелов
Aisultan Seipelov, the son of the Minister of Agriculture Aydarbek Saparov, has been appointed deputy akim of the Shortandy District at the age of 30. The akimat stated that it was unaware of his relation to the minister. In 2011, the media, citing unofficial sources, reported that a teenager with the same name and year of birth was a suspect in a robbery case in Petropavlovsk.

As the Ministry of Ecology left an entrepreneur without payment for an international event

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Международное мероприятие
In 2022, individual entrepreneur Salamat Kabidayev organised an international event in Turkestan on the basis of a guarantee letter from the Ministry of Ecology worth 22.779 million tenge. Payment was not made. Three judicial instances refused to satisfy his claim, ruling that the guarantee letter did not replace a public procurement contract.

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How Gulnara Bazhkenova's public statements changed

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Гульнар Бажкенова
Public statements by former ORDA editor-in-chief Gulnar Bazhkenova have repeatedly become the subject of public debate. Following the start of criminal proceedings, attention was also drawn to discrepancies in her explanations of the same circumstances. FBK has compared court materials, publications, and public statements.

The son of the Minister of Agriculture has been appointed deputy akim of the Shortandinsky district

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Айсултан Сейпелов
Aisultan Seipelov has been appointed deputy akim of the Shortandy district in the Akmola region. Previously, he worked as a chief specialist at the regional akimat for agriculture and state agro-industrial programmes. His father is Aidarbek Saparov, the current Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan.
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