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A group of individuals is suspected of selling manganese ore worth 1 billion tenge in the Ulytau region.

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область Улытау, марганцевая руда, добыча руды, 1 млрд тенге, ДЭР Ұлытау, незаконная добыча, экологический ущерб
In the Ulytau region, the activities of a group suspected of organising the illegal extraction and processing of manganese ore have been stopped. According to the investigation, more than 23,000 tonnes of product were sold for a sum exceeding 1 billion tenge.

Kazakhstan has challenged the Kashagan contracts worth $10.7 billion over possible bribes

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Казахстан оспорил контракты Кашагана на $10,7 млрд из-за возможных взяток
Kazakhstan is arguing in international arbitration that around a dozen contracts for the development of the Kashagan field, totalling $10.7 billion, may have been linked to conflicts of interest, unjustified cost escalation or bribery. The arbitration tribunal has not yet issued a ruling on these claims.

A judge in Aktobe declared a girl who survived a road accident dead.

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ДТП
The Specialised Interdistrict Juvenile Court of Aktobe Region returned to the mother of a girl hit by a car her claim for compensation for moral damages, stating in its ruling that the child had died. In fact, the victim is alive, and the driver who hit her was punished, but in a different case.

JSC "Kazakhtelecom" has explained the Telegram outage in Kazakhstan

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Telegram
«Kazakhtelecom» has recorded a sharp drop in Telegram traffic at international peering points in Frankfurt and Moscow, and has found no faults in its own network. The Ministry of Digital Development has confirmed the issues and stated that specialists are looking into them. The cause of the outage has not yet been identified. At present, the service has begun to gradually recover.

The authorities have denied handing over the oversight of driving schools and driving tests to private companies.

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автошкола
Information being circulated on social media about the transfer of driving school registration, training group enrolment and driving licence examinations to private organisations is not true. These functions remain with the state.

90% of Kazakhstan's irrigation channels require major repairs.

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Оросительные каналы
The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation held a briefing dedicated to preparations for the irrigation season. 90% of irrigation canals under the management of Kazvodkhoz are classified as second category in terms of technical condition and require major repairs. The reconstruction of the K-30 canal in the Turkestan region has been postponed to 2027–2029, and the department simply could not estimate the size of the water black market.

Who is turning off the lights for Kazakhstan’s agricultural science?

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Аграрная наука
The FBRK editorial team has obtained a letter from the chief accountant of the A.I. Barayev Research and Production Centre for Grain Farming. The author describes violations of financial discipline, staffing pressure, and what she herself calls a return to the "era of chaos" in one of the main agricultural scientific institutions of northern Kazakhstan.

The Sanzhar Bokayev case has reminded people of his links with the elites of old Kazakhstan.

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Старый Казахстан
The Almaty investigative court extended Sanzhar Bokayev's detention until 18 June 2026. While the investigation establishes the circumstances of the case, the FBK editorial team recalls what the path of a man who built a reputation as an independent activist was really like.

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Dacha scandal in Shchuchinsk: who is behind the campaign against the cooperative "Shchuchinskoye DTSL"

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Щучинское добровольное товарищество садоводов-любителей
At the end of April, alarming posts appeared on the social media pages of the Burabay district: allegedly, in the cooperative "Shchuchinsk Amateur Gardeners' Voluntary Society", the management was collecting money uncontrollably and intimidating those who disagreed. An FBK journalist travelled to the scene, spoke personally with the dacha owners, and studied open sources regarding those involved in the scandal.

Kazakhstan's flood budget did not add up by 6 billion tenge?

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Противопаводковые мероприятия
In March 2026, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan announced the allocation of 48.7 billion tenge for flood prevention measures. Following a request from the editorial board of the FBRK, the department collected data from the akimats. In reality, 54.9 billion tenge was actually spent.
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