Kyrgyzstan
KYRGYZSTAN/RUSSIA: New base extends Russian reach
President Vladimir Putin yesterday formally opened the new Russian airbase at Kant.
KyrgyzstanKYRGYZSTAN: Prolonging power
President Askar Akayev will leave office at the end of his second term in 2005, as required by...
KyrgyzstanCHINA/CIS: SCO developments
The prime ministers of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan --...
ChinaCENTRAL ASIA: Poor infrastructure could hinder growth
For the landlocked former Soviet republics of Central Asia, the development of overland transport...
Central AsiaKYRGYZSTAN: Islamic growth poses policy dilemmas
Hizb ut-Tahrir, the largest Islamic movement in Central Asia, preaches non-violence but has...
KyrgyzstanKYRGYZSTAN: Kumtor effect
GDP grew by 2.3% year-on-year in the first half of 2003, compared with a decline of 4.7% in the...
KyrgyzstanKYRGYZSTAN/UZBEKISTAN: Ferghana fatality
The Kyrgyz foreign ministry today called on Uzbekistan to punish the border guard who shot dead a...
KyrgyzstanCENTRAL ASIA: Collaboration concerns
The leaders of four Central Asian states -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan --...
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