“We inform you that by now the final conclusion of the experts of the Kazakhstan Diversified Institute for Reconstruction and Development has been received, which established that the residence building is “limitedly usable”. Due to the fire and extremely high temperature, the metal elements, which are the basis of all load-bearing structures and the roof, were damaged. It is impossible to completely eliminate the smell of burning in the surviving fragments of the building,” the report says.

On March 2, presidential press secretary Berik Uali said that by the decision of Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, his official residence in Almaty, which was damaged during the January events, would be demolished, and a park for citizens would be laid out in its place.