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From November 9, booking an electronic queue at the Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan border will become paid

The Department of State Revenue for the Turkistan Region of Kazakhstan announced the introduction, from November 9, 2026, of a guarantee fee of 20 MRP (86,500 tenge) for international freight carriers booking an electronic queue at the Kazygurt, B. Konysbayev and Atameken checkpoints. If the carrier arrives on time, the fee is refunded in full; after two consecutive no-shows within 90 days, it goes to the budget.

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Ministry of Transport: Fully driverless trucks with no one in the cab to hit the roads by 2028

Transport Minister Andrei Nikitin told the State Duma that by 2028, freight vehicles without a human in the cab are planned to be put on public roads. Currently, driverless trucks from KamAZ, Yandex and Navio run on the M-11, M-4, M-12 and Central Ring Road in an experimental mode with a person on board for monitoring. To move to the new stage, the Ministry of Transport has prepared a bill on highly automated vehicles.

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