Over 5,500 entrepreneurs, artists, IT developers, journalists and activists gathered in a series of Go Viral festivals held in all five Central Asian capitals between May and July this year.
Over 5,500 entrepreneurs, artists, IT developers, journalists and activists gathered in a series of Go Viral festivals held in all five Central Asian capitals between May and July this year.
Some 2,500 young professionals, artists and students have gathered in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe for the sixth Go Viral Festival, which aims to create a Central Asian network empowering them to connect with the world through media, culture, business and technology.
With Kazakstan experiencing its worst unrest in its three decades of independence, Abakhon Sultonnazarov, regional director of IWPR Central Asia, assesses the latest developments and wider implications of the crisis.
IWPR: There has been a huge debate about the role of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) troops and just why Tokayev invited them into Kazakstan. What is your reading of the situation?