The Export Illusion. How the Relocation of Developers Became the Country's Main Technological Breakthrough

In April, Kazakhstan reported a record export of IT services totaling a whole billion dollars. It sounds like a breakthrough, but behind the impressive numbers lies simple accounting. Ozon and other major players are relocating their developers here to escape problems in Russia. Local legal entities write code for their own parent offices, and transfers for their salaries are recorded by the state…