# 'Survival is impossible': Smyshlyaeva explains Kazakhstan's dependence on foreign IT services

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**Published:** October 29, 2026
**Author:** PROFIT
**Source:** Profit.kz — ИТ в Казахстане
**Language:** ru-RU
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/vyzhit-nerealno-smyshlyaeva-obyasnila-zavisimost-kazakhstana-ot-chuzhikh

Attempts to create a domestic messenger or own search engine run up against not a shortage of talented programmers, but economics.

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> [Read full article at Profit.kz — ИТ в Казахстане](https://profit.kz/news/75374/Vizhit-nerealno-Smishlyaeva-obyasnila-zavisimost-Kazahstana-ot-chuzhih-IT-servisov/)

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