Kazakhstan’s Interior Ministry forms group to block Kyzdar.net

Tengrinews.kz – The story of the scandalous website Kyzdar.net has been dragging on for two years: the portal was blocked and shut down multiple times, but it always found a way to return online. It remains accessible today, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has explained why the fight against it has not yet produced results.
Fight against Kyzdar.net
In response to an inquiry from the editorial office, the MIA reported that, together with the Ministry of Culture, a working group was created to prioritize the swift blocking of Kyzdar.net and its domains.

“The administrators of the resource constantly change addresses and domains, which allows the site to reappear. The MIA continues its work to promptly identify and restrict access to new links,” the ministry said.

Criminal case and blockings of Kyzdar.net
Back in March 2023, the MIA detained 11 top managers of the site, who were posting up to 6,000 intimate ads on the platform, earning up to 2 million tenge per day (with a total turnover exceeding 8 billion tenge). Money, computers, cryptocurrency, and other property were seized; a pre-trial investigation was launched under Article 309 of the Criminal Code.
Also in March, Turkestan police identified and detained administrators of advertising pages offering sexual services. They turned out to be two residents of Shymkent. A criminal case was opened against them under Part 2 of Article 309 of the Criminal Code: “Organization or maintenance of brothels for prostitution and procuring.”
The site itself was blocked, but by May of that same year it was reported that it continued to operate. At the time, the MIA also stated that the site was being blocked, but soon reappeared under a different domain with a slightly modified name.
In December 2023, the MIA reported further blockings of Kyzdar.net, and in February 2024, through the “Cyber Supervision” system, 259 links to the site were detected and blocked. The organizers used domains such as all.kizdar.info, parni.qizdar.kz, qyzdar.net, kizdarai.info, and others.
Despite all these measures, the site continued operating throughout 2024. At the end of September last year, it became known that the criminal case against the site’s top managers had been closed due to gaps in legislation: Article 309 of the Criminal Code did not provide for liability for online procuring and advertising of sexual services via the internet.
However, on September 5, 2025, amendments were introduced into Kazakhstan’s Criminal Code to account for online procuring: if sexual services are organized, advertised, or promoted via the internet, stricter penalties are now prescribed.
As of 2025, the site is still functioning.