Kyrgyzstan

  • Jan 21, 2005
  • 6 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: Security services have growing influence

The security agencies have accumulated increasing power in Central Asia, turning the region into...

  • Jan 14, 2005
  • 6 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: Tensions fester in Ferghana Valley

With a history of violence during the perestroika period, the Ferghana Valley, where the borders...

Central Asia
  • Jan 10, 2005
  • 1 min read

KYRGYZSTAN: Opposition draws inspiration from Ukraine

A picket by some 60 supporters of opposition party Ata-Jurt (Fatherland) in front of the...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Dec 31, 2004
  • 8 min read

PROSPECTS 2005: CIS unlikely to copy Ukraine scenario

Recent events in Ukraine have given hope to opposition forces in other CIS countries. However,...

Ukraine
  • Dec 22, 2004
  • 1 min read

KYRGYZSTAN: Uighurs face growing pressure

An ethnic Uighur leader yesterday criticised the government's decision last week to cancel the...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Nov 24, 2004
  • 1 min read

KYRGYZSTAN: Disappearance of activist raises concern

Opposition supporters yesterday protested over the disappearance of an opposition activist,...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Oct 14, 2004
  • 7 min read

KYRGYZSTAN: Poverty heightens risk of instability

The United States may write off Kyrgyzstan's foreign debt if the country meets its commitments to...

Kyrgyzstan
  • Oct 1, 2004
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA/CIS: Nuclear terrorism is a manageable threat

It emerged yesterday that seizure by security services in Kyrgyzstan last month of what was...

Russia