Despite Government Promises To Be More Responsive, Kazakhstan's Protesting Oil Workers Are All But Ignored

Kazakhstan faced a potential crisis once again, as police detained dozens of unemployed oil workers from the restive town of Zhanaozen who had taken their protests to the capital. Despite talk of a newly revamped parliament, Kazakhstan's Mazhilis appears to be just as impotent as ever. 

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