For obvious reasons protests have been centre stage this week. Akmatbaev and his crew eventually packed up on Thursday evening after talks with President Bakiev, meanwhile Ar Namys and pro-Kulov demonstrators were joined on Friday by KelKel for a protest under the slogan “Peaceful Citizens for Kyrgyzstan Without Organised Crime” - referring to […]

Today saw a pro-Kulov meeting on Ploshchad Ala-Too to add to the anti-Kulov protests that started on the old square opposite the Zhogorku Kenesh (Parliament) on Saturday following the killing of Tynychbek Akmatbaev on Thursday (see previous post for details). Supporters of the murdered deputy have been joined by supporters of Bayaman Erkinbaev, who […]

Turned out to be an eventful week, unfortunately.
Saturday saw protests on the main square, Ploshchad Ala-Too, by supporters of the murdered deputy Tynychbek Akmatbaev, who called for Kulov’s resignation . Riots began earlier this week, as MosNews reports, when inmates began protests for improved living conditions, during which at least 2 inmates were […]

A quick round up of stories that have made the news over the last few days from Kyrgyzstan, so, in no particular order:

President Kurmanbek Bakiev has spoken out against providing former presidents with immunity from prosecution and paying for thier upkeep, according to a report from RIA Novosti. There has also been debate over […]

I’d usually post this roundup with the other country ones over on Mental Wanderlust, but until we’ve got a few bloggers posting here it’ll be here. So, a quick look at what’s been going on here in Kyrgyzstan over the last week or so.
The big story, at least from the media’s point of view, […]

Welcome to New Eurasia’s Kyrgyzstan Blog!
I’m in the process of recruiting bloggers here in Kyrgyzstan to contribute to this blog at the moment, so with a bit of luck there should be some interesting and diverse posts coming up soon, as well as the more routine stuff like news round ups.
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