Kyrgyzstan

  • Sep 5, 2005
  • 1 min read

KYRGYZSTAN/RUSSIA: Kyrgyz President visits Russia

President Kurmanbek Bakiyev began an official trip to Russia yesterday, his first since elections...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Sep 1, 2005
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA/CIS: Moscow aims to strengthen military ties

The Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation met in Moscow on August 30th and...

Russia
  • Aug 31, 2005
  • 1 min read

KYRGYZSTAN/UZBEKISTAN: Bishkek may extradite Uzbeks

Kyrgyz Prosecutor-General Azimbek Beknazarov stated yesterday that five out of ten Uzbek refugees...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Aug 30, 2005
  • 16 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: Region risks following 'African path'

Following independence, Central Asian leaders made much of their ambition to emulate the...

Central Asia
  • Aug 30, 2005
  • 2 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: Refugee row spills over into gas crisis

Kazakhstan has offered to meet Kyrgyzstan's natural gas needs after Uzbekistan cut off supply,...

  • Aug 15, 2005
  • 1 min read

KYRGYZSTAN: President names former rival as premier

President Kurmanbek Bakiyev named former dissident Feliks Kulov acting prime minister today,...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Aug 5, 2005
  • 1 min read

KYRGYZSTAN/UZBEKISTAN: Bishkek may heed UN on refugees

Kyrgyzstan would be prepared to send 15 refugees from the Uzbek government's crackdown in...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Jul 29, 2005
  • 7 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: Labour markets face growing pressure

Whereas most developed countries, including Russia and Ukraine, are concerned with an ageing...