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Screenshot from a GKNB-circulated video.

Kyrgyzstan: Man sought for serving with Ukrainian army highlights Bishkek’s awkward position on war

Taking part in foreign conflicts can be punished by up to eight years in prison.
Nurbek Bekmurzaev May 22, 2022
Beishenaliyev in happier times. (Photo: Health Ministry website)

Kyrgyzstan: Eccentric health minister fights for his job amid claims of corruption and bullying

That Beishenaliyev has held onto his job this long has much to do with his old friendship with the president.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva May 19, 2022
A memorial ceremony for the crash victims held on the first anniversary of the event. (Photo: Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan: Public commission created to investigate deadly 2017 plane crash

It is alleged that previous governments have sought to cover up the circumstances that led to the tragedy that claimed 39 lives.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva May 11, 2022
cooking plov

Kyrgyzstan: Community, deprivation, passion and joy in the holy month of Ramadan

A look back at how Osh celebrated the Islamic holy month, which ended with 13,000 men praying on the city's main square this morning.
Danil Usmanov May 2, 2022
Bolot Temirov. (Photo: Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan: President puts thumb on scales in criminal case of investigative reporter

Temirov says the charges against him are "absurd" and politically motivated.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Apr 26, 2022
Ovalbek Turdakun

Chinese Muslims want ICC to hear former Xinjiang detainee

Ovalbek Turdakun’s passage from Kyrgyzstan to the United States was helped by two members of Congress.
Zholdas Orisbayev Apr 21, 2022
Aksakal

Kyrgyzstan struggles to sell pension reform as austerity looms

Workers may lose the right to earn and draw pensions at the same time.
Aigerim Turgunbaeva Apr 20, 2022
Japarov insists measures are in place to prevent corruption. (Photo: Presidential administration)

Kyrgyzstan poised to hide public procurement information

Backers of the move say it will cut down on bureaucracy.
Apr 18, 2022
Beishenaliyev

The rough-tongued poison-prescriber overhauling Kyrgyzstan’s healthcare system

Beishenaliyev enjoys a close relationship with the president.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Apr 11, 2022
Yakyn Inkar

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
President Sadyr Japarov at Batken stadium on March 21

Kyrgyz celebrate Nowruz without Tajik neighbors

The president’s visit to Batken was a missed opportunity for peacemaking, locals say.
A Kyrgyzstani journalist and Danil Usmanov Mar 23, 2022
protesters face off in Bishkek

Ukraine war inspires rival passions in Central Asia

There is no reliable polling on views of the war, but there are plenty of supporters of Russia as well as opponents.
Joanna Lillis, Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Mar 7, 2022
anti-war Tbilisi

Tbilisi’s Russians watch their country’s war with shame and worry

As anti-Russian sentiment rises in Georgia, the many Russians here share Georgians’ shock and disgust at what is happening in Ukraine.
Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 4, 2022
Diners at a Bishkek cafe eat their meal as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on television. (Photo: Danil Usmanov)

Central Asian leaders mute on Ukraine, but markets and public reel

The damage incurred to the Russian economy spells bad news for labor migrants earning rubles.
Feb 24, 2022
Kaktus Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan prosecutors threaten to take sting out of critical media

The assault on media critical of the government is happening on multiple fronts.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Feb 10, 2022

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