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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Front. Polit. Sci.</journal-id>
<journal-title>Frontiers in Political Science</journal-title>
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<subject>Retraction</subject>
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<article-title>Expression of concern: Civilian protective agency in the communal attacks by the external groups in Kazakhstan</article-title>
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<day>19</day>
<month>09</month>
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<day>17</day>
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<related-article id="RA1" related-article-type="object-of-concern" journal-id="Front. Polit. Sci" journal-id-type="nlm-ta" vol="6" page="1401714" xlink:href="10.3389/fpos.2024.1401714" ext-link-type="doi">An Expression of concern on <article-title>Civilian protective agency in the communal attacks by the external groups in Kazakhstan</article-title> by Imyarova, Z., and Tutumlu, A. (2024). <italic>Front. Polit. Sci</italic>. 6:1401714. doi: <object-id>10.3389/fpos.2024.1401714</object-id></related-article>
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<p>UPDATE: This article has now been retracted. Please find the retraction here: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/political-science/articles/10.3389/fpos.2025.1620183/abstract">https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/political-science/articles/10.3389/fpos.2025.1620183/abstract</ext-link>.</p>
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