In Mangistau region, people rallied because of the rise in gas prices ALMA-ATA, January 4 On Wednesday, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will hold a working meeting on the socio-economic situation against the background of protests against the rise in prices for liquefied gas that swept the western regions of the country, Tokayev's press secretary Berik Uali said. In the early days of 2022, residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the Mangistau region of Kazakhstan (an oil-producing region in the west of the country), rallies were held to protest against a two-fold increase in prices for liquefied petroleum gas. The Ministry of Energy explained that from January 1, the gas price is formed on electronic exchange trading based on supply and demand. The President of Kazakhstan instructed to form a government commission to consider the situation in the Mangistau region. According to information from social networks, rallies in support of the protesters are also held in the neighboring Atyrau and West Kazakhstan regions. «Tomorrow, January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev will hold a working meeting with members of the government, officials of his administration and representatives of other interested bodies on social -economic situation in the country «, — wrote Wali on Instagram.
