Power in Kyrgyzstan today is about controlling a building, or a microphone, or a mob, writes Central Asia editor @Peter__Leonard, who spent the day with two rowdy groups trying to install rival prime …
Kyrgyzstan: Taking power one building at a time
Power in Kyrgyzstan today is about controlling a building, or a microphone, or a mob, writes Central Asia editor @Peter__Leonard, who spent the day with two rowdy groups trying to install rival prime …
Kyrgyzstan election: PM quits as protesters take control in Kyrgyzstan
The prime minister of Kyrgyzstan has quit after post-election protests plunged the ex-Soviet republic into political chaos. Protesters replaced Kubatbek Boronov with another politician they had freed …
Kyrgyzstan election: Opposition ‘seize power’ after protests
The opposition in Kyrgyzstan has reportedly seized power after violent protests against what it says was a rigged parliamentary election on Sunday. Sadyr Japarov was appointed acting prime minister, …
What’s Important About Tajikistan’s Presidential Election?
What’s at stake in Tajikistan’s election isn’t the presidency, but what comes next. Kyrgyzstan’s election-induced semi-revolution has certainly occupied most Central Asian observers this week. But …
Kyrgyzstan’s central bank suspends SWIFT to prevent capital outflow
The bank is shutting down the SWIFT network as protests rocked the country. The central bank of Kyrgyzstan has disabled cross-border transactions on the SWIFT financial network amid widespread unrest …
Kyrgyzstan’s central bank suspends SWIFT to prevent capital outflow
The bank is shutting down the SWIFT network as protests rocked the country. The central bank of Kyrgyzstan has disabled cross-border transactions on the SWIFT financial network amid widespread unrest …
Time For Real Change? Kyrgyzstan’s Opposition Is In Control And Seeking A New Path
Kyrgyzstan is in the midst of its third revolution since 2005 and the same important questions have arisen — who will the new leaders be and how will they move the country forward?
Time For Real Change? Kyrgyzstan’s Opposition Is In Control And Seeking A New Path
Kyrgyzstan is in the midst of its third revolution since 2005 and the same important questions have arisen — who will the new leaders be and how will they move the country forward?
Five things to know about Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan, whose electoral body on Tuesday cancelled the results of a disputed parliamentary vote, is a small former Soviet republic in Central Asia …