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![Riots in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F100%2F59%2F1005905_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QW5hdG9saXkgVXN0aW5lbmtvICMxMDA1OTA1_116%3A95_sputnik-1005905-preview_51501768e0760abe5eecd7dd074a920b.jpg)
Protesters in the central square of Zhanaozen city in the Mangistau region in western Kazakhstan, where a riot took place on Friday.
- Package: Riots in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 17.12.2011
- Date published: 17.12.2011
- Author: Anatoliy Ustinenko
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3710x1940px, 1.6Mb