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Rosy picture: Kyrgyz state media are hailing the state of relations with China. (Photo: KTRK screengrab)

Kyrgyzstan pleads for more Chinese help in building key infrastructure

Bishkek is also angling for yet more room to ease its debt burden.
Dec 9, 2020
Akmatova, left, speaking at the December 8 briefing. (Photo: Government handout)

Kyrgyzstan: Only 15 percent of infected healthcare workers compensated

Medics say they are actively discouraged from seeking the compensation.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Dec 8, 2020
Kyrgyz MFA handout

Kyrgyzstan's China debt: Between crowdfunding and austerity

Beijing does not appear disposed to give too much leeway.
Chris Rickleton Nov 17, 2020
Land of plenty – for him (government handout photo)

Coronavirus adds to reasons to escape Tajikistan

The terminal state of the economy remains paramount in the minds of those wishing to leave.
Nov 13, 2020
Marlboro vodka

Here’s looking at EAEU: The contraband conundrum

The trade bloc's failure to stop contraband smuggling is connected to the high drama playing out in Kyrgyzstan.
Here’s looking at EAEU Nov 5, 2020
Participants of the Dordoi rally attempt to barge into the Government House. (Photo: YouTube screenshot)

Kyrgyzstan: Protests flourish as crises mount on all sides

Acting President Japarov came to power on the crest of rallies, but will he know how to deal with them as leader?
Nov 2, 2020
A bridge to a functioning state? Under construction in Zaporizhia (photo: Fabrice Deprez)

Ukraine: Zaporizhia bridge emerges as measure of Zelensky’s progress

The president bets on a big infrastructure program to reinvigorate his political fortunes.
Fabrice Deprez Oct 27, 2020
children outside refinery

Kyrgyzstan: Living in the shadow of a sleeping Chinese oil refinery

The country's largest oil refinery is no stranger to scandals.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Oct 22, 2020
broken bank window

Kyrgyzstan: Economy and healthcare shattering under weight of crisis

Any political turmoil was bound to worsen Kyrgyzstan's eviscerated economy, but what has happened over the past week has been especially destructive.
Peter Leonard, Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Oct 8, 2020
Dushanbe No. 2 thermal power station

COVID and the new debt dynamics of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Before the pandemic, Central Asia’s poorest countries had been managing their Chinese debts quite well. Now they are asking for help.
Dirk van der Kley Oct 2, 2020
Usenbayev, left, speaking at the briefing. (Photo: Government Telegram feed)

Kyrgyzstan: Authorities mulling return to lockdowns

Batken has already reimposed restrictions.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Sep 29, 2020
Wang Yi poses for a photo with Kyrgyz president Sooronbai Jeenbekov. (Photo: Kyrgyz presidential administration)

Central Asia: Belt and Road takes back seat in Chinese envoy’s tour

Beijing is eager to show solidarity as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on.
Chris Rickleton Sep 16, 2020
Issyk-Kul shore

Kyrgyzstan: COVID-19 body blow leaves Issyk-Kul tourism operators reeling

The tourist season was a disaster, with visitors down almost 90 percent. The taxman has not been sympathetic.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva, Photos by Danil Usmanov Sep 11, 2020
To business! (Kremlin.ru)

Here’s looking at EAEU #4: Belarus backs itself into trade corner

Hypocritical election congratulations underscore the cold strategic underpinnings of a bloc that is as much about politics as it is about trade.
Here’s looking at EAEU Sep 3, 2020
Not sick? Cool: A view of Issyk-Kul that Kazahk tourists are being denied, for now. (Photo: Matthias Buehler/Flickr)

Kyrgyzstan opens up to Kazakhstan’s tourists. In theory

Kyrgyz officials have drawn up a list of 31 countries from which people can visit.
Almaz Kumenov Aug 24, 2020

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