Riot police brought to Kazakh town amid ongoing oil workers' strike, 18 December 2023

Kazakh authorities have brought an additional number of riot police troops from other parts of the Central Asian nation to the town of Zhetybai in the western region of Manghystau as hundreds of oil-industry workers continue their strike launched last week.

An RFE/RL correspondent reports from the site that an unknown number of riot police troops entered the remote town...and were assembled in the local House of Culture.

Also...dozens of residents from the nearby restive town of Zhanaozen arrived in Zhetybai to express support for the striking workers and their relatives who joined the rally in front of the mayor's office a day earlier...