Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek Faces Pension Bomb
Copyright show: No Twenty-seven years of arduous and often risky work in state-run factories have bequeathed Olga Kovalenko, a 71-year-old former electrical engineer, a monthly pension of 5,020 soms,...
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Copyright show: No One morning last year in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Dilnoza awoke to find her brand-new Toyota Corolla missing. She knew immediately whom to call, and it wasn’t her local police precinct....
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Bishkek Snoops Relying on Russian Spyware
Copyright show: No Few in Kyrgyzstan would be surprised to learn someone in the government is listening to their phone calls. Government prying is a widely acknowledged legacy of the Soviet era. Among...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Labor Migrants Grapple with Russian-Language Requirement
Copyright show: No Kanybek Bekmurzaev, 32, has a goal this winter. Home from Moscow to visit his elderly mother in southern Kyrgyzstan, he’s using the time to memorize irregular Russian verbs.read more
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Amid Price Plunge, Gold Mine Auction Faces Multiple Hurdles
Copyright show: No Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to attract investors by auctioning off mining licenses, starting with the country’s second-largest gold deposit, have run into problems - both self-inflicted...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: News Site Unblocked, Yet Still Illegal
Copyright show: No An authoritative Central Asia-focused news website has defeated attempts to silence it in Kyrgyzstan: authorities have unblocked it. Yet under the prevailing interpretation of a...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Former “Prince” Dodges US Prosecution
Copyright show: No Officials and lots of citizens in Kyrgyzstan are reeling from news that the Central Asian nation’s most hated son will continue living a free and comfortable life abroad.read more
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Mining Sector Bogged Down
Copyright show: No The last few weeks underscore why investors are wary of investing in Kyrgyzstan’s mining sector. Over that span, a gold-mine tender was sidetracked by a legal dispute, a scandal...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Vice Premier Outlines Economic Roadmap
Copyright show: No Kyrgyzstan is moving decisively to join a Moscow-led trade body, but the process will take time as Bishkek seeks preferences that would protect its garment industry and legions of...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Where Laws Don’t Necessarily Pertain to Crime Kingpins
Copyright show: No For those keeping score at home: the tally in Kyrgyzstan in the latest rule-of-law contest is now organized crime 1 - justice system 0.read more
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Bishkek Faces Pension Bomb
Copyright show: No Twenty-seven years of arduous and often risky work in state-run factories have bequeathed Olga Kovalenko, a 71-year-old former electrical engineer, a monthly pension of 5,020 soms,...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Distrust in Police Means Privatization of Law & Order
Copyright show: No One morning last year in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Dilnoza awoke to find her brand-new Toyota Corolla missing. She knew immediately whom to call, and it wasn’t her local police precinct....
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Bishkek Snoops Relying on Russian Spyware
Copyright show: No Few in Kyrgyzstan would be surprised to learn someone in the government is listening to their phone calls. Government prying is a widely acknowledged legacy of the Soviet era. Among...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Labor Migrants Grapple with Russian-Language Requirement
Copyright show: No Kanybek Bekmurzaev, 32, has a goal this winter. Home from Moscow to visit his elderly mother in southern Kyrgyzstan, he’s using the time to memorize irregular Russian verbs.read more
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Amid Price Plunge, Gold Mine Auction Faces Multiple Hurdles
Copyright show: No Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to attract investors by auctioning off mining licenses, starting with the country’s second-largest gold deposit, have run into problems - both self-inflicted...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: News Site Unblocked, Yet Still Illegal
Copyright show: No An authoritative Central Asia-focused news website has defeated attempts to silence it in Kyrgyzstan: authorities have unblocked it. Yet under the prevailing interpretation of a...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Former “Prince” Dodges US Prosecution
Copyright show: No Officials and lots of citizens in Kyrgyzstan are reeling from news that the Central Asian nation’s most hated son will continue living a free and comfortable life abroad.read more
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Mining Sector Bogged Down
Copyright show: No The last few weeks underscore why investors are wary of investing in Kyrgyzstan’s mining sector. Over that span, a gold-mine tender was sidetracked by a legal dispute, a scandal...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Vice Premier Outlines Economic Roadmap
Copyright show: No Kyrgyzstan is moving decisively to join a Moscow-led trade body, but the process will take time as Bishkek seeks preferences that would protect its garment industry and legions of...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Where Laws Don’t Necessarily Pertain to Crime Kingpins
Copyright show: No For those keeping score at home: the tally in Kyrgyzstan in the latest rule-of-law contest is now organized crime 1 - justice system 0.read more
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