
The Internet in Central Asia


Anastasiya Pak
Based in Amsterdam
Anastasiya Pak is the Marketing & Communications officer at the RIPE NCC. Prior to joining the RIPE NCC, Anastasiya led the communications department at an international education NGO. She started her career as a TV journalist in Uzbekistan, where she authored several programmes and documentaries, including “Women’s Success”, a series which aimed at promoting women empowerment in Uzbekistan.
Although the state of the Internet in Central Asia is in some ways diverse across the region, certain shared geographical, political, and technical factors create unique challenges for local Internet communities. Ahead of the first Central Asia Peering and Interconnection Forum (CAPIF 1), we caught…