The Kyrgyz-Russian relationships can be darkened by the recent April 20th incident in Kant, location of the Russian airbase.
A 24-year Russian citizen, Maksim Zotov, was seriously wounded by the Kyrgyz militia officials. Mr. Zotov serves as deputy chief of the Russian airbase financial department.
According to the facts, provided by Russian Embassy, the event […]

Really sad to inform, but during the last month five Kyrgyzstani were murdered in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation. As Jamiyat notes in his post “Uzbeks most attacked in Russia”, Moscow and Saint-Petersburg do remain the major hotspots for hate crime. In the official note of the Kyrgyz Embassy in Russia to Russian Ministry of […]

Almost all people in former soviet cities know and use the services of public transportation of minibuses known as “marshrutka”. In Bishkek it has become a big headache for everyone, including other drivers, traffic inspection, urban authorities, and etc. In Internet, especially in RU-zone, one can find quite a few jokes about marshrutka. Nevertheless, […]

After the death of famous journalist Alisher Saipov, the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted an investigation and searched Osh office of Alisher Saipov and came to conclusion that he was in some kind of relationship with religious extremists and the Uzbek opposition. According to the law enforcement bodies, Alisher Saipov harbored Kabul Parpiev, leader of […]

Sad news. Alisher Saipov, a famous journalist based in Osh city, southern Kyrgyzstan, is killed! He was shot three times from a gun, either a pistol or submachine gun. According to Ferghana.ru News Agency, where Alisher Saipov had worked for many year, the murder happened today, October 24, at about 19:30 next to the […]

The number of video files showing the violence among teenagers in schools is growing. These video clips are recorded on mobile phones in schools and shared among pupils, and some can be watched on www.video.kg website, a YouTube analog in Kyrgyzstan. The school violence among teenagers, including boys and girls, has become a serious […]

Kyrgyz parliament’s press service worker was detained two days ago in Bishkek while handing over secret information. Jyparkul Arykova, a senior consultant of parliament’s press service, is believed to be spying, but according to some officials in the parliament, the information that press service receives is checked very thoroughly by a large number of […]

An article in yesterday’s Vechernii Bishkek made no mention of the Imam, only noting that “3 extremists were liquidated” in the Ak-Tilek microregion of Osh and that the men killed were suspected of involvement in the attacks on border posts on May 12. Today, however, the newspaper ran a story confirming Kamalov’s death:
Witness
Well-known […]