As Kyrgyzstan officials convey mixed messages on food security, farmers struggle on Bad weather and a Russian export ban have set Kyrgyzstan up for another lean year. Bakyt Ibraimov May 26, 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Desperate homebuyers fall prey to speculative cooperatives Fraudsters preying on rural migrants seem to be operating in a legal vacuum. Bakyt Ibraimov Apr 28, 2022
Kyrgyzstan intensifies crackdown on back-to-basics Islamic group It is Yakyn Inkar’s very apolitical and rejectionist nature that may be alarming authorities more than anything. Bakyt Ibraimov Apr 7, 2022
Kyrgyzstanis flee Russia fearing military recruitment and salary collapse Perennially unstable Kyrgyzstan is seeing a surge of unemployed young men return from Russia. Bakyt Ibraimov Mar 11, 2022
Arbitrary detentions on Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border adding to tensions Authorities in the two countries’ distant capitals show little interest in the festering situation until there is bloodshed. Bakyt Ibraimov Jan 28, 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Uzbek-language electioneering fuels tensions Ethnic intolerance has surfaced in an increasingly vicious political battle. Bakyt Ibraimov Nov 22, 2021
Russia bares fangs over language in Kyrgyzstan Politicians in Moscow claim to be concerned that Russian-speaking citizens may be facing intimidation and aggression in Kyrgyzstan – a fact that officials in Bishkek deny. Bakyt Ibraimov Aug 11, 2021
Kyrgyzstan: Drought causing staple crop shortages, but not all is doom Climate change can be blamed for some of the troubles facing Kyrgyz farmers, but the immediate problem is money. Bakyt Ibraimov Aug 4, 2021
Kyrgyzstan: Ethnic sensibilities add painful dimension to property wrangle Many of the affected families were caught up in the ethnic unrest that tore through Osh in June 2010. This story has roots in those troubles. Bakyt Ibraimov Mar 18, 2021