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Continuing a drive that Russian lawmakers have previously slammed as "de-russification," Kyrgyzstan has taken down two more statues of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin and removed his name from several ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Politics: Kyrgyzstan: Surprise sacking of president’s right-hand man undoes delicate political balance
For the past five-plus years, they had been known as the “two friends” who ran Kyrgyzstan. Then, on February 10, they were friends no more. With ruthless efficiency, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Politics: Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan still in limbo a year after fleeing Andijan violence
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, May 12 (UNHCR) - On the first anniversary of the violent events in Andijan, eastern Uzbekistan, Haitvoy* has every reason to sigh. The 29-year-old Uzbek has been in exile in ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Osh » Politics: Kyrgyz Authorities Arrest Alleged Protest Plotters Ahead of Election
Campaigning for Kyrgyzstan’s upcoming election has been tepid, at best. Excitement regarding the polls, scheduled a year early after the parliament voted to dissolve itself in September, has been all ...