Thursday, February 19 was presented in “first” in Almaty (capital of Kazakhstan) the film “The Cut” of the German-Turkish director Fatih Akin. Ara Sahakian, the Armenian Ambassador to Kazakhstan attended the premiere. The next day, “The Cut” came out in 10 cinemas of Almaty and a dozen other cities such as Atriaou, Bavlodar, Petropavlovsk, Uralsk and Ust Kamenokorsk. The Armenian community of Kazakhstan is estimated at between 30 000 and 40 000 members.

Krikor Amirzayan