By Almaz Kumenov for Eurasianet Residents in at least one area of western Kazakhstan hit by flooding are mounting public protests against what they say is an inadequate government response. Several hundred residents of Kulsary, a town of about 50,000 in Atyrau Region, have been gathering outside the local administration building every day since May 15, airing complaints about what they believe is the low level of reconstruction assistance being offered by the government. Floods this spring have inundated large swathes of northern and western regions of the country, forcing tens of thousands fr…