Tokayev proposed a complete ban on graffiti in Kazakhstan

Tokayev described graffiti as something that “disfigures municipal areas around the world” and proposed treating such drawings as vandalism and malicious hooliganism. According to him, legislative and regulatory measures are needed against them.

In June, graffiti artists painted the carriages of the light metro in Astana. Transport workers had to remove the drawings with special agents, and the carriages themselves, coated with an anti-vandal compound, were not damaged.

Graffiti are drawings on the walls of houses and other urban objects. Initially, they were a form of illegal self-expression by young people, and later became part of the modern urban environment.

Such drawings often refer to pressing social problems, and some of their authors have become well-known artists. Today, many cities commission graffiti artists to paint walls, their works are protected as works of art, and graffiti festivals are held on this topic.

Sources

• Radio Svoboda