Editor’s Note: What follows is part of a cross-blog survey that sheds light on the rich ethnic tapestry of Central Asia.
A few years ago the issue of Russians living in Kyrgyzstan has become a real issue. With the collapse of the Soviet Union it was suddenly discovered that Russians living in the country are […]

Kyrgyzstan is commemorating the anniversary of the tragic events in Aksy, when 5 people were shot dead by security forces in the south of Kyrgyzstan. 5 years is not such a big term in the historical context, but according to a number of Kyrgyz newsmakers, this anniversary is to become a milestone in the […]

This is a translation of the article that Mirsulzhan Namazaliev wrote for the Russian version of neweurasia.
Someone recently told me: “I hope that this spring Kyrgyzstan will not be on front pages of world newspapers because of the new unrest”.My reply to that was: “We’ll, probably, be featured not only be leading news outlets but […]

IFEX has announced that news media in Kyrgyzstan enjoy more freedoms comparing to their colleagues in other Central Asian countries.
The question is, though, whether we have many reasons to rejoice this fact. Every time the data on the status of mass media celebrating freedom of speech of certain countries is published I get […]

The news of the last two days in Kyrgyzstan -a certain Isabekov was nominated to become the next prime-minister of the country. Almost noone knows who Isabekov is – he is certainly a dark horse but definitely not a gray cardinal as someone suggested last week.
When Isabekov got nominated everyone suddenly realized how great […]

I don’t know how I could possibly live without our members of parliament, their refreshing ideas and initiatives. If they were a bit calmer, less inventive or,probably, more concerned about serious stuff, I would have been bored to death. But nothing bad is going to happen until they are in charge of entertaining the […]

This is a translation of the article that Inga posted on the Russian version of neweurasia.
It’s been all about the new constitution fuss lately. We became so preoccupied, that almost missed the fact, that the new Doctrine of Foreign Politics had been adopted in Kyrgyzstan. One can argue, that the event doesn’t really deserve […]

This is a translation of the post by Inga, that originally appeared on the russian version of neweurasia.
“In order to make a bomb at home, you’ll need some acetone, sulphuric acid and hydrogen peroxide. Acetone and hydrogen peroxide you can be found in any drug store. Now you are all set for making your explosive […]

This is a translation of the article that Inga posted on the Russian version of neweurasia-Kyrgyzstan

“Our population could have doubled by this time. But today abortions are becoming more fashionable, and women choose to kill their unborn kids. I think it’s because our life conditions are really tough”,- comments Zoya Yakovlevna- a gynecologist in a […]

If anyone still had doubts about the rank of Kyrgyzstan among leading banana republics, the most recent statistics from law enforcement bodies could support the fact that our country was not far from joining the community of “banana” countries throughout the world.
The data came from the report of 2006, which states that in […]