Kazakhstan orders tighter border controls to curb illegal fuel shipments (opens in new tab)

_Kazakhstan · 2026-06-20 11:41_ **BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 20**. Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov has instructed authorities to take all necessary measures to prevent fuel shortages and curb schemes of illegal cross-border movement of petroleum products, the press service of the Kazakh government said. Bektenov made the statement during a meeting with the leadership of relevant ministries and law enforcement agencies to review the current situation on the petroleum products marke...