Happily, it came to my attention that a new blog about Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia more generally, Nomadistan, came online last week.
The Nomads (as I’m christening them) include locals and foreigners, who are united by their aim of providing
insightful, sometimes humorous, sometimes serious commentary on the past, present, and future of this fascinating country […]

This is a translation of a Russian language news report on Kloop.kg written by Timur Rayimkulov.
The youth protest named “I don’t believe” was held on the 18th of December near the Central Election Committee building. It ended with all 20 participants being arrested by the police. Participants explained their protest as their will to “express […]

Bakyt Beshimov, the Vice-President on Academic Affairs of American University - Central Asia has launched his personal blog in Russian language, though there he also posts quite a lot posts in English. He mainly writes on Kyrgyz history, history of nomadic civilization, management of higher education, politicians and state officials, business and economic, Kyrgyzstan’s foreign […]

Just a quick heads up that Sean Robert’s blog The Roberts Report, has posted an interview with well-known activist Edil Baisalov (who is, incidentally, also a blogger).
The interview covers several themes, including Edil’s thoughts on the “Tulip Revolution”, the forthcoming parliamentary elections in which Edil is running as a candidate on the Social Democratic […]

This is a translated excerpt of Misulzhan’s post from the Kyrgyz-language NewEurasia
Let me name five points:
1. Freedom of speech
2. Alternative power to mass media
3. Development of political culture/democratic values
4. Social network
5. Fast internetization process
1. Freedom of speech. Because of rapid development of Internet, the states now do not know how to resist to the users […]