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3 months, 3 weeks ago

A Man of the People and a ‘Kyrgyz Prince’

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has gone to great lengths to frame himself as a man of the people and a crusader against corruption. A May 2024 investigative report from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, in partnership with Kyrgyz news outlets Kloop and TemirovLive, alleged that at least 11 major government projects were contracted out to companies owned by …

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5 months ago

Details and a Lack Thereof: The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway

The Diplomat

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov may have jumped the gun when he announced in early May that construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway would begin in October. Per a Chinese Foreign Ministry readout, the signing “will provide a solid legal basis for the construction of the project, marking the transition of the railway project from a vision to reality, and demonstrating to …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Spy chief to run Kyrgyzstan’s football body

The Hindu

Kyrgyzstan’s spy chief Kamchybek Tashiev is set to head the Central Asian country’s national football association, it said Thursday, after a request from the country’s ruler. The presumed appointment follows a trend in ex-Soviet Central Asia where intelligence chiefs and relatives of strongmen leaders run football bodies or top teams in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The 55-year-old is a confidant …

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1 year, 7 months ago

China's Xi Jinping reveals grand development plan for Central Asia at summit

ABC

China's President Xi Jinping has unveiled an ambitious plan to help elevate Central Asia to the next level of its development — from building infrastructure networks to boosting trade — while shunning "external interference". Key points: Xi Jinping has addressed the China-Central Asia Summit which is attended by leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan He says China is …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Kyrgyz Security Chief Flaunts Turkish Drone Connection

The Diplomat

On October 12, the head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, Kamchybek Tashiev, posted a series of photographs on Facebook in which he posed, with an upraised fist, beside a Bayraktar Akıncı drone. On Instagram and Twitter, however, Baykar – the Turkish company which manufactures various unmanned systems, including the Bayraktar TB2 and the Bayraktar Akıncı – posted about …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Kyrgyzstan’s Revolutionary President Japarov, 2 Years On

The Diplomat

Sadyr Japarov’s two post-revolutionary years in power have been eventful, both in domestic and geopolitical developments. In a country like Kyrgyzstan, one cannot rule based only on fear, and Tashiev needs Japarov’s charisma and ability to steer populist mobilization. Populist Policies and Trust-based Governance One must give Japarov’s government some credit for domestic achievements that shine brightly in comparison to …

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2 years, 2 months ago

‘We want respect’: Putin’s authority tested in Central Asia

Al Jazeera

Former Soviet republics are increasingly standing up to Moscow as Russia under Western sanctions looks to their markets. The region’s five former Soviet republics are increasingly standing up to Moscow, aware of their new-found leverage as Russia looks to their markets and trade routes in a bid to circumvent Western sanctions. Data shows Central Asian nations, including Tajikistan, have already …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Xi, Putin hold first in-person talks since Ukraine invasion at Samarkand

Live Mint

On the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in the ancient Uzbek Silk Road city of Samarkand, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began their first in-person talks since the war in Ukraine on Thursday. Xi has resisted Washington’s call to condemn Russia’s invasion, while Moscow has pledged its “solidarity” for Beijing over Taiwan, a self-ruled …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Woe Unto Atambayev

The Diplomat

Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev was removed from court twice in the span of three days in April after disrupting the proceedings by shouting and kicking the plexiglass cage where he was held. At the time, Atambayev, Jeenbekov’s predecessor as president, was in detention over a bevy of charges, and engaged in two ongoing trials: One over the 2013 early …

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3 years, 2 months ago

India agrees to $200 million Line of Credit to support development projects in Kyrgyzstan

The Hindu

India on Monday agreed to a $200 million Line of Credit support for development projects in Kyrgyzstan, as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held "cordial and constructive" talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart Ruslan Kazakbaev on a wide range of bilateral and global issues, including Afghanistan. Mr. Jaishankar arrived here on Sunday as part of his four-day visit to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Jaishankar Arrives in Kyrgyzstan as Part of India's Effort to Deepen Bilateral Ties with Central Asian Nations

News 18

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived here on Sunday as part of his four-day visit to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Armenia with an aim to further expand bilateral ties with the three Central Asian countries. Jaishankar will be in Kazakhstan from October 11 to 12 to attend the 6th Ministerial meeting of the Conference of Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Learning From Kyrgyzstan's Local Elections

The Diplomat

On April 11, voters in Kyrgyzstan went to the polls for the third time in six months. Even though these were the first elections Ata-Jurt Kyrgyzstan participated in, the party took 141 seats, amounting to 17 percent of all city council positions countrywide. Of the parties running larger nationwide campaigns, Ata-Jurt Kyrgyzstan won 15 of the 21 races it participated …

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3 years, 11 months ago

17 Candidates Remain in the Kyrgyz Presidential Race

The Diplomat

Four opposition candidates, in anticipation of a second round run-off for the presidency, have pledged to unite behind a single candidate. In late December, four candidates — Adakhan Madumarov, Klara Sooronkulova, Kanat Isaev, and Kanybek Imanaliev — signed a memorandum pledging to unify behind a single candidate should the January 10 election be forced into a second round. If the …

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A Man of the People and a ‘Kyrgyz Prince’

Details and a Lack Thereof: The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway

Spy chief to run Kyrgyzstan’s football body

China's Xi Jinping reveals grand development plan for Central Asia at summit

Kyrgyz Security Chief Flaunts Turkish Drone Connection

Kyrgyzstan’s Revolutionary President Japarov, 2 Years On

‘We want respect’: Putin’s authority tested in Central Asia

Xi, Putin hold first in-person talks since Ukraine invasion at Samarkand

Woe Unto Atambayev

India agrees to $200 million Line of Credit to support development projects in Kyrgyzstan

Jaishankar Arrives in Kyrgyzstan as Part of India's Effort to Deepen Bilateral Ties with Central Asian Nations

Learning From Kyrgyzstan's Local Elections

17 Candidates Remain in the Kyrgyz Presidential Race