There was a lot of talking about Kyrgyzstan entering the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) program, and finally, USA and Kyrgyzstan signed the agreement on Millennium Challenge Threshold Program. The document was signed between at the White House in Bishkek, informs the official website of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. This program with $16 million budget […]

The election campaign is in full swing, and all over Kyrgyzstan posters and billboards are promising a bright future for the country and its population. However, between the 12 parties currently running for Parliament, it is often difficult to get a grasp of what their actual political platform is. Slogans are a fine thing […]

The blog In From the Cold has a post about Jill Metzger, who was the US Air Force Major who “disappeared” in Bishkek back in September of last year. The incident caused a fair amount of consternation, even more speculation about what exactly happened, and is still formally under investigation. Most recently, Major Metzger’s […]

There are quite a lot of examples of polygamy in Kyrgyzstan. I know a man who lives in one of the villages nearby Karakol town and has four wives and thirteen children. One can get an impression that they all live happily and treat each other well: children love each other equally and call […]

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:
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Well-known […]