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After a meeting with protesters, the authorities of Kazakhstan promised to reduce gas prices to 50 tenge per liter
The Government Commission of Kazakhstan met with protesters gathered in Aktau Square, and announced a decrease in liquefied gas price with 120 tenge ($ 0.27) to 50 tenge ($ 0.13) per liter. This was written by TASS with reference to the press service of the government.
“The meeting was announced by decisions adopted during negotiations with the initiative group of the city of Aktau, namely, to reduce the cost of liquefied gas and set the price of 50 tenge per liter in the Mangistau region as part of the social responsibility of Azmunaygaz JSC,” the report said.
At the same time, as KazTAG writes , among the participants in the “initiative group”, which represented the interests of protesters at a meeting with the government commission, were people related to power. KazTag writes that there were several deputies and representatives of state media.
Against the backdrop of protests, President Kasym-Zhomarttokaev planned a workshop on the socio-economic situation, the press secretary of the head of Kazakhstan said .
Earlier, the KazTAG information site was blocked after a refusal to delete the article on protests at the request of mininformation. The portal Orda.kz, which illuminated the protests, was also submitted.
In addition, on January 4, the head of the Almaty Bureau of Radio Azattyk* Kasym Amanzhol was detained in Almaty during work at the rally. He was taken to the police and did not let go for about two hours.
The rallies began on January 2, when the inhabitants of Zhanaozen, the Oil Moraline, went to the building of the regional administration with a protest and blocked the movement of vehicles on the road in the city center. Promotions against increasing the prices of blue fuel also took place in several villages of the Mangistau region. According to protesters, from January 1, the price per liter of liquefied gas increased to 120 tenge ($ 0.27), residents demand to reduce it to 50-60 tenge ($ 0.13).
On January 4, about five thousand people entered the rally in Aktau with a demand to reduce gas price, solve the problem of unemployment and reduce products for products.
As a sign of support, employees of three oil and gas deposits announced a strike - Kalamkas and Karazhanbas in the Mangistau region, as well as Tengiz in the Atyrau region. The watchmen left their jobs due to the lack of public transport, volunteers went to their direction.