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Kazakhstan defence minister dismissed by presidential decree
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has dismissed Defence Minister Dauren Kosanov from his post by decree. Reports associate the dismissal with the deaths of 14 service members during military exercises. Further details regarding the circumstances of the incident have not been confirmed in the available reports.
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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
7 differing positions reported on attribution across 8 publishers; unresolved.
- vlastДаурен Косанов
- meduzaПрезидент Казахстана
- telegramМинобороны
- rferlՂազախստանի պաշտպանության նախարարը
- vot-takТокаев
- yna카자흐스탄 대통령
- ltn哈薩克
- asiaplusТокаев
4 differing positions reported on location across 7 publishers; unresolved.
- telegramв Каспийском море
- rferlՂազախստանի
- vot-takКаспийском море
- vlastна Каспии
- yna훈련 중
- ltn哈薩克
- asiaplusна Каспии
2 differing positions reported on timing across 2 publishers; unresolved.
- vlastво время учений
- yna훈련 중
WhereKazakhstan
43.520, 77.775 ±10 km
First reported28 days ago
Published2026-09-27 08:16 UTC
Sources10
How this travelled.
Reports13Independent tellings9
9 independently corroborated tellings.
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Global Event Monitor. Kazakhstan defence minister dismissed by presidential decree. 2026-09-27T08:16:55.175Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3705. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-27/14-0d0fc7e6
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