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In Kyrgyzstan, creeping authoritarianism rubs up against proud tradition of people power
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPresidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan loom over the people of Bishkek....
Kyrgyzstan shuts down prominent news outlet
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA court in Kyrgyzstan has ruled to dissolve a non-governmental organisation that ran a popular news website often critical of the government. The court...
'Bride kidnapping' haunts rural Kyrgyzstan, causing young women to flee their homeland
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA protest against bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, on April 8, 2021, after a young...
Kyrgyzstan reports heavy fighting with Tajikistan, 24 people killed
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan reported "intense battles" with Central Asian neighbour Tajikistan on...
Lukashenko announces meeting with Putin in Kyrgyzstan in October
Ukrayinska Pravda via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAlexander Lukashenko, self-proclaimed President of Belarus, has announced that he will meet with...
Kyrgyzstan’s Explosive Car Market Growth Raises Eyebrows
Oilprice.com via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoKyrgyzstan’s foreign trade is expanding, but the growth numbers aren’t necessarily a cause for celebration in Bishkek. Overall trade turnover rose by 30 percent in 2023, compared with the previous ...
Cameron: Russia using Central Asia to side-step sanctions
Press Association News via AOL· 2 months agoLord David Cameron has acknowledged that Russia is using Central Asia to side-step sanctions and...
More than 3,000 Pakistanis return home from Kyrgyzstan after recent attacks on foreigners
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoPakistan has repatriated more than 3,000 Pakistanis, mostly students, from Kyrgyzstan in the past week after recent attacks on foreigners over an unknown dispute with migrants, the deputy prime ...
Police raid homes of independent journalists in Kyrgyzstan
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoKyrgyz authorities ordered the detention of 11 independent journalists and conducted searches of...
Putin was 'calculated' when he chose to send Brittney Griner back to the US while 'leaving others in...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussian President Vladimir Putin arrives at his news conference after the Summit of the...