NUR-SULTAN, Jan 3 On Monday, the president of the republic, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, instructed the government to promptly consider the situation in the city of Zhanaozen, Mangistau region, where residents demanded to reduce the price of liquefied gas. In social networks, footage was published in which the townspeople gathered in the center of Zhanaozen demanding to reduce the cost of gas from 120 ($ 0.27) to 60 ($ 0.13) tenge. 
The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan explained the rise in prices for liquefied gas» the threat to the life and health of the population, «the press service said. The ministry said that in addition to Zhanaozen in the city of Aktau,» shares were also recorded, at which car owners expressed their disagreement with the rise in prices for liquefied gas. » Among the protesters, they held an explanatory conversation and explained that «the price of gas is regulated by the market, that is, by supply and demand.» public order and explained to the demonstrators that, according to the law, their actions are illegal. 
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