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A journalist in Kazakhstan faced charges for criticizing the media ban during the aftermath of severe spring floods that displaced around 120,000 individuals in northern Kazakhstan. The floods resulted from heavy snow in the Ural mountains and a subsequent temperature surge along the Russian-Kazakh border. Satellite images revealed extensive flooding in the region.
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