# “It’s unrealistic to survive”: Smyshlyaeva explained Kazakhstan’s dependence on foreign IT services

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**Published:** October 28, 2026
**Author:** Жуман Кииков
**Source:** Kursiv Media Tech
**Language:** ru-RU
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/171-vyzhit-nerealno-187-smyshlyaeva-obyasnila-zavisimost-kazakhstana-ot

Imagine that at one point Yandex, Wildberries and the usual international messengers went offline in Kazakhstan. The country will instantly be left without taxis, delivery, usual shopping and communications. The story of recent failures of foreign platforms has clearly shown how much...

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**Tags:** #Digital Bridge

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