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| Workers' protests in Kazakhstan in 2022. | 
Kazakhstan is again shaken by events 
related to mass rallies and strikes, which also began in the 
oil-producing western region of the country. 
The reason for the protests
 was the mass arrest on Tuesday of a delegation of dismissed oil workers
 who went to Astana (now Nur-Sultan) to seek the truth from officials of the Ministry of 
Energy.
