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Clashes and angry demonstrations forced Kyrgyz officials to annul the results of an election this week, but the protests are fuelled by longer-term tensions...
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Two rival factions claimed the right to form a government in Kyrgyzstan Wednesday, with pro-Russian President Sooronbay Jeenbekov unable to impose control on the...
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Kyrgyzstan’s prime minister Kubatbek Boronov resigned Tuesday after widespread unrest pushed the electoral body to cancel the results of Sunday’s parliament elections. Boronov, an...
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International monitors expressed concern Monday over “credible allegations” of vote-buying in a parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan, as supporters of losing parties took to the...
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Kyrgyzstan was voting Sunday in a parliamentary election as observers warned that the economic blowback from the coronavirus epidemic has laid fertile ground for...
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Kyrgyzstan goes to the polls to choose a new parliament on Sunday with voters and smaller parties afraid vote buying will spoil a rare...
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At a call centre functioning as a coronavirus hotline in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, the volunteers manning the telephones are under siege. Call centre coordinator...
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Kyrgyzstan’s former president was sentenced to 11 years in jail Tuesday over the illegal release of a crime boss, a case that caused a...
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Police in Kyrgyzstan on Monday broke up a demonstration in support of a jailed opposition politician and detained around 100 protesters. Police officers held...
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Snow-capped peaks used to be clearly visible from the streets of Almaty and Bishkek, two of the largest cities in Central Asia that both...