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Journalists were locked in during the trial of Adiletkhan Moldakhan

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Журналистов заперли во время суда по делу Адилетхана Молдахана
During the session in the Almaly District Court of Almaty in the case of lawyer and blogger Adilkhan Moldakhan, journalists stated that they were unable to leave the room where they were waiting for the end of the proceedings. According to them, because of this, they could not obtain a comment from the defendant after the court session.

The akimat has given the reason for the dirty water in Kushoky

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Акимат назвал причину грязной воды в Кушокы
The Akimat of Bukhar-Zhyrau district of Karaganda region has commented on the water supply situation in the village of Kushoky after residents appealed to the President. The response states that a temporary deterioration in water quality occurred when new water supply networks were brought into operation, and that specialists are currently continuing work to stabilise the system and awaiting the results of laboratory tests.

The suspect in the case of the explosion of a Ukrainian businessman in Monaco has been named

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Названа подозреваемая по делу о взрыве украинского бизнесмена в Монако
Ukrainian national Anastasia Berezovskaya has been placed on an international wanted list on suspicion of involvement in an explosion in Monaco, in which Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolayev and his family were injured. Information about the wanted notice has been published in the Interpol database.

Inspectors in the Zhambyl region intercepted the import of infected plums and cherries from Kyrgyzstan.

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Инспекторы в Жамбылской области пресекли ввоз зараженных слив и черешни из Кыргызстана
At the Korday automobile checkpoint in the Zhambyl region, an attempt to import contaminated batches of plums and cherries from the Kyrgyz Republic was prevented. The dangerous produce was not allowed into the territory of Kazakhstan, and administrative measures were applied to the violators.

Over 2,000 officials have been held accountable since the start of 2026

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Более 2 тысяч должностных лиц привлекли к ответственности с начала 2026 года
The Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that since the beginning of 2026, more than 2,000 officials have been brought to disciplinary responsibility on the recommendations of investigators, and over 500 others have been punished administratively for failing to take measures to eliminate the causes and conditions that facilitated the commission of crimes.

The details of the charges against former ORDA editor-in-chief Gulnar Bazhkenova have become known.

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Гульнар Бажкенова
The former editor-in-chief of the publication ORDA, Gulnar Bazhkenova, has been charged under three articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan: for illegal entrepreneurship, dissemination of knowingly false information, and embezzlement of entrusted property on an especially large scale.

Two banks in Kazakhstan take more than half of the entire sector's profits.

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банки Казахстана
The Halyk Research analytical review for February 2026 asserts that the high profitability of Kazakh banks is explained by temporary macroeconomic conditions and is not a sign of excessive profit. However, the data within the review itself, as well as publications from the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market, paint a more complex picture.

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.
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