An unexpected end to a story that had been whizzing around for the past month or so. Reputed Crime boss Rysbek Akmatbaev, who had controversially been elected last month, is dead.
Aside from the day Robert Mugabe departs, I will most likely never say these words again but, good riddance. Kyrgyz politics needs to […]

Hoorah! President Kurmanbek Bakiev has finally announced a date for Kyrgyzstan’s new constitutional draft to be completed - August. And further good news, Azimbek Beknazarov, a man who has repeatedly denounced the Head of State’s glaring incompetence has been put in charge.
It’s glaringly obvious that Bakiyev has made these moves in an attempt to defuse […]

If anyone thought that the mess Kyrgyzstan found itself in during last year - several MP’s murdered and crime infiltrating almost all aspects of political life - was going to get better in 2006, they were severely mistaken.
On Saturday thousands turned out in the pouring Bishkek rain to demand effective government and political reforms. […]