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Bishkek is also angling for yet more room to ease its debt burden.

Medics say they are actively discouraged from seeking the compensation.

The government is eager to stress that the loan is all but interest free.

The government will help outlets that publish its propaganda.

Beijing does not appear disposed to give too much leeway.

The trade bloc's failure to stop contraband smuggling is connected to the high drama playing out in Kyrgyzstan.

The healthcare sector has been embroiled in corruption scandals for years.

Acting President Japarov came to power on the crest of rallies, but will he know how to deal with them as leader?

The country's largest oil refinery is no stranger to scandals.

The die-off has caused a shortage of meat and eggs in markets.

The appearance of the self-defense units is the second time this year that civil society has been forced to hold the line. Where the state repeatedly fails to live up to its obligations, volunteers step in.

Severe economic and epidemiological challenges now lie ahead.

While it would be wrong to start pointing fingers and formulating conspiracy theories, clearly the risks are many and real.

Any political turmoil was bound to worsen Kyrgyzstan's eviscerated economy, but what has happened over the past week has been especially destructive.

Kazakhstan’s food producers look primed to benefit from China’s increasingly tense relationship with traditional trading partners. This and more in our monthly Chinese business briefing.