In 2021, the coronavirus pandemic continued to be one of the most important events. Naturally, its influence on world politics and society remained the main focus of the Valdai Discussion Club experts.
The crowd, familiar to us from history, crushing everything on its way, is now digitalised and organised according to a new format a banner or a stone in one hand, and a smartphone in the other. The point is that ochlocracy has become digital and is therefore much more dangerous and destructive, writes Kubatbek Rakhimov, Director of the Eurasia Center for Strategic Research, a former adviser to the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic.