[njaremko]

Because it's actually used to intercept encrypted communications of citizens. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/12/14/kazakhsta...

Having said that, a better implementation would be pretty awesome.

[icebraining]

Those are two separate issues. A certificate in a smartcard is not the same as a CA certificate used in devices to authenticate sites.

[vbezhenar]

Those are rumors. Currently Internet in Kazakhstan works fine without installing any certificates. I wouldn't be surprised, if they would do it, but not yet.

And, yes, those certificates are unrelated, AFAIK.