Kyrgyzstan’s presidential elections: Who is running, and who will win? The next president has been preordained. A contemporaneous referendum on his powers offers the only glimmer of intrigue. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jan 7, 2021
Kyrgyzstan: Japarov, last hope or populist menace? Even in a political scene as personality-driven as Kyrgyzstan’s, the cult of Japarov, who is standing for president this weekend, is striking. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jan 6, 2021
Russia raises stakes in Azerbaijani helicopter shoot-down case Azerbaijan said that its shooting down of a Russian helicopter was an accident. But now Russia reportedly wants the case to be investigated as a murder. Joshua Kucera Jan 5, 2021