5 April – More than 100,000 are displaced following floods caused by the spring thaw occur in northern and western parts of the country.
14 May – The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan sentences former Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev to 24 years in prison for torturing and murdering his wife.
Holidays
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1 January – New Year's Day
7 January – Eastern Orthodoxy Christmas
8 March – International Women's Day
21–23 March – Nowruz
1 May – Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
7 May – Defender of the Fatherland Day
9 May – Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day