Mikhail Bortnik

Mikhail Bortnik is a member of the Central Commission for the Referendum in Kazakhstan, who recently announced the preliminary budget for the upcoming constitutional referendum, which is set to take place on March 15. He stated that the estimated cost for conducting the referendum is 20.8 billion tenge, emphasizing that these funds are not included in the national budget for 2026 and will need to be sourced from the government's reserves.