| After the riots, President Nursultan Nazarbayev, never tolerant of dissent, removed his son-in-law from the top job at sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna, ultimate owner of the oilfields around Zhanaozen. The fund has since created advisory bodies on labour issues.
A Western executive who attended one of the fund's recent seminars said particular attention had been devoted to mid-level managers, who are often prone to neglect labour problems for fear of rebuke from further up the command chain...............................................Full Article: Source
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