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Kazakhstan has huge reserves of fossil fuels too.
But seems like majority of the oil fields ownership are in private companies.
After this riot, Kazakhstan gov should nationalise all the remainder 80% so that the Kazaks can enjoy fuel prices that are not linked to the energy markets.
Otherwise they will be at the mercy of capitalists, something that the stupid rioters failed to see.  

Energy in Kazakhstan

KazMunayGas (KMG), the national oil and gas company, was created in 2002 to represent the interests of the state in the oil and gas industry. The oil production development has been made possible largely due to significant foreign investment, primarily from the Netherlands and the US in the early 2000s. In 2010, the Kazakh government took away KMG's responsibility to regulate the sector to enable the company's higher level of involvement in the commercial sector. The government now reserves a majority stake for KMG in all new projects and joint ventures. KMG now controls 20 percent of total oil and gas proved reserves of Kazakhstan and produces 27 percent of total oil and gas condensate and 14 percent of gas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Kazakhstan