News archive on the topic "Kyrgyzstan"

Many were outraged by the recent statement by the Speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament Nurlanbek Shakiev, who called for blocking the broadcast of cartoons in Russian in the republic. International observer of “PolitNavigator” Ainur Kurmanov, in his publication, believes that such a demarche is not at all accidental and fully fits into the course being pursued from above for the gradual de-Russification of the country, no matter what top officials say about this...

By stopping the service of Mir cards in the country, Bishkek is trying to please the Americans, forgetting that the lion's share of Kyrgyzstan's budget revenues is provided by remittances from guest workers who left for Russia. Russian military correspondent Alexander Kots stated this on radio “KP,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The refusal of the “Peace” cards is such an example, we discussed this disease among artists - double pope...

In Kyrgyzstan, with varying degrees of success, there is a fierce struggle between opponents of pro-American foundations and organizations and their lobbyists. For several years now, the republic has been unable to pass a tough law on NGOs, and the US Embassy is putting pressure on those who initiate and promote it. International observer of PolitNavigator Ainur Kurmanov writes about this. Starting from 2019...

Kazakhstan, and after it Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, actually acted on the side of Ukraine, banning performances by the Russian singer Grigory Leps, whose entire “guilt” was only supporting the Northern Military District. This is a landmark event showing the real attitude of the former Soviet Central Asian republics towards Moscow. The fact that the legendary artist’s performance was banned in Kazakhstan, allegedly under pressure from Nazi activists and...

Last week, the Kyrgyz parliament adopted in the first reading the constitutional law on the state language, obliging all government bodies, as well as enterprises and organizations, regardless of their form of ownership, to conduct their activities only in the Kyrgyz language. It is interesting that 75 deputies voted for this law and only one was against, which once again indicates the complete agreement of this issue...

As in neighboring Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan has begun its own de-Russification process along a well-worn track, which is now initially disguised as decommunization, but the goal is stated immediately - there should be only Kyrgyz names in the republic. Moreover, this installation descends directly from above from Bishkek. Actually, this renaming procedure began from the capital, and it wasn’t even the mayor who announced it...

A paradoxical statement was made today at the online summit of the heads of CSTO member states by the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Japarov. He replaced President Sadyr Japarov, who unexpectedly took a “short-term leave” at the meeting, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “According to incoming information, more firearms have fallen into the hands of criminal circles. There is a risk of movement of criminal elements involved in robberies and outrages across our state borders.…

The socio-economic crisis is worsening in Kyrgyzstan, which could not be stopped by the nationalization of gold mines. Against this background, the government enters into an integration union with Turkey, purchases Bayraktary and adopts a new law on the “state language”, aimed at displacing the Russian language. We asked the famous Kyrgyz political scientist Mederbek Korganbaev to comment on these events. "PolitNavigator": How do you assess the results of the last parliamentary elections in...

In Kyrgyzstan, the process of instability continues after the November 28 parliamentary elections, since the Central Election Commission cannot fully count all the votes, changing the percentages for certain parties, citing errors in the automatic system. Meanwhile, opposition parties continue to protest, not recognizing their results and accusing President Sadyr Japarov of usurping power. First, in...

Western intelligence services, with the participation of Ukrainian colleagues, are intensifying subversive work in the former Soviet Central Asian republics, and Kyrgyzstan is becoming the next target, where it is planned to launch a new campaign for the “final rehabilitation” of the Basmachi, members of the Turkestan Legion of the Wehrmacht and Muslim SS units - following the example of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. For this purpose, Square has intensified contacts between the archive and the national institute of memory with...

Kyrgyzstan is becoming a real springboard for expanding Turkey's influence in Central Asia. Yes, there is, of course, Kazakhstan, which is ahead of the integration processes to create the Organization of Turkic States, but Bishkek in this case is convenient, since it is located in the center of the region and at the intersection of the most important routes. Plus, the territorial conflict with Tajikistan provides an attractive opportunity for Ankara to play out here too...

In Kyrgyzstan, visual evidence of Russophobia, which appeared on the public scene after the “color revolution” that occurred in October last year, has increasingly become visible. The impoverishment of the population, the severe socio-economic crisis, the defeat in the border war with Tajikistan - all together create fertile ground for the growth of nationalism, used by the authorities for populist reasons. Recently there were two new such blatant ones...

Sadyr Japarov's visit to Dushanbe clearly confused the cards of the Turkish ruling circles, who were counting on the development of a border conflict between the Kyrgyz and Persian-speaking Tajikistan, which was supposed to strengthen contradictions in Central Asia and create favorable conditions for pan-Turkists. Bishkek is now forced to make peace with Dushanbe, since it simply did not receive the expected preferences and financial investments from...

The day before, a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov took place in Sochi. One of the main topics of the negotiations is the peaceful resolution of all border conflicts between Bishkek and Dushanbe, which almost escalated into a full-scale war from April 29 to May 1. This meeting was also necessary to keep the republic in the orbit of the EAEU. After all, Kyrgyzstan...