Oil workers from restive Kazakh town reach Nur-Sultan demandIng talks, 12 May 2022

Oil workers from Kazakhstan's restive southwestern town of Zhanaozen have descended upon the capital, Nur-Sultan, to demand salary increases and improved work conditions.

Members of a group of around two dozen workers from the Kezbi oil company, a subsidiary of the OzenMunaiGas giant, told RFE/RL...that they had spent the...night at the entrance of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection demanding talks with ministry officials.

One of the workers, Berik Zhylkedliev, told RFE/RL that the group arrived 11 days ago and has tried to discuss their demands with officials at the Energy Ministry, the Prosecutor-General's Office, and state energy operator KazMunaiGas, but were unable to do so.

The oil workers say that, if their demands are not met, hundreds more who have been striking in Zhanaozen since April 18 will come to Nur-Sultan with their demands...