28. Are there provisions for direct public funding to political parties?

Article 18-1.

1. Budget funds are annually allocated to political parties represented in the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of the results of the last elections.

2. The size of the budget allocated for the financing of the activity of political parties is determined by the law on the republican budget.

3. The procedure for financing political parties is determined by the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

(Law on Political Parties of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2002, available at https://online.zakon.kz/Document/?doc_id=1032141#pos=235;-107 accessed January 2018).