Heads roll after Kazakh oil riots

The Kazakh president has sacked top energy officials and the governor of the oil-rich western region where deadly riots erupted last week stemming from an oil workers’ strike.

Deadly clashes: Top officials lose jobs in wake of Kazakhstan riots that claimed 16 lives
Deadly clashes: Top officials lose jobs in wake of Kazakhstan riots that claimed 16 lives
Published 22 December 2011, 11:22Updated 11 October 2016, 07:17
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