Kyrgyzstan News News Kyrgyzstan » Politics: Is Politics Dead in Kyrgyzstan?
On November 30, Kyrgyzstan will hold parliamentary elections. The polls were supposed to take place in 2026, but, in September 2025, a group of sitting members of the parliament, called in Kyrgyzstan ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Politics: Kyrgyzstan court sentences ex-leader Atambayev to 11 years in absentia
A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced in absentia exiled former President Almazbek Atambayev to more than 11 years in prison on charges of corruption and participating in mass unrest in the Central ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Politics: “Politics is like orchestra.” Exclusive interview with Swiss Parliament Speaker
Switzerland is ready to expand cooperation with Kyrgyzstan in hydropower, natural disaster prevention, the financial sector, and ...
News Kyrgyzstan » 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 » Politics: Kyrgyz political uprising may usher in hard-liners
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- The only splash of color in the drab bluish gray office of Kyrgyzstan's Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society was a wool orange scarf thrown over the back of its president's ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Politics: Kyrgyzstan’s Energy Emergency Opens the Door to Russian Nuclear Influence
Kyrgyzstan’s structural electricity shortages and hydropower overreliance have made nuclear energy an attractive, though politically sensitive, option. An SMR could stabilize winter baseload supply ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Politics: Kyrgyzstan: New Political Bloc Combines Narrow Agenda, Broad Membership
An anti-Kulov demonstrator packs his bags after an October rally (RFE/RL) A new political bloc was founded earlier this month in Kyrgyzstan with the declared goal of overhauling the country's ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Politics: Kyrgyzstan: Surprise Sacking Of President’s Right-Hand Man Undoes Delicate Political Balance – Analysis
(Eurasianet) — 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 ...