At
least
14
people
were
killed
in
the
fighting
that
erupted
in
the
western
oil
town
of
Zhanaozen
on
16
December
after
a
seven-month
strike
by
oilmen
demanding
higher
wages
spun
out
of
control.
The
violence
spread
the
next
day
to
the
nearby
village
of
Shetpe,
where
another
protester
was
killed
adding
to
what
was
already
the
country’s
worst
violence
in
decades.
Kazakhstan,
an
oil-exporting
nation
of
16.7
million
which
has
attracted
massive
investment
from
Western
energy
majors,
has
faced
pressure
from
the
United
States
and
Europe
to
conduct
a
fair
and
transparent
investigation
into
the
clashes.
But
Bolat…
