Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan’s President Japarov demotes liberal democracy in favour of a “traditionalist” ideology

bne IntelliNews December 22, 2024

Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov has approved a new national doctrine titled “National Spirit – Global Heights”, signalling a sharp pivot from liberal governance towards a collectivist and traditionalist framework

Adylbek Kasymaliev appointed new chief of Kyrgyzstan’s cabinet ministers, predecessor dismissed amid tax corruption scandal

bne IntelliNews December 18, 2024

National security chief says fiscal fiddle may have cost country toward $350mn.

Growing Islamic finance in Central Asia to unlock GCC investment

bne IntelliNews December 16, 2024

The Eurasian Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank Institute and the London Stock Exchange Group have joined forces to support the rapid development of Islamic finance in Central Asia.

Decades-old Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan border dispute could be over

bne IntelliNews December 4, 2024

National security chiefs announce deal, but details still remain secret. Tensions even led to “war-scale” fighting two years ago.

Kyrgyzstan: MPs seem willing to give police a free hand

Eurasianet December 4, 2024

Critics say introduced bill marks a step towards a police state.

CSTO states express serious concern over terrorist threat in Afghanistan

bne IntelliNews December 1, 2024

Putin says country’s security situation stabilising, but killing of Chinese worker in Tajikistan in possible cross-border raid has raised anxiety.

Armenia refuses to host Eurasian Economic Union summit

bne IntelliNews November 28, 2024

Yerevan's refusal to host the summit comes amid growing tensions with Russia over the latter's inaction against Azerbaijan's military activities in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

EBRD warns of risks for emerging markets pursuing industrial policies

Clare Nuttall in Glasgow November 26, 2024

Industrial policy is back "with a vengeance” but can have a distorting effect, EBRD chief economist Beata Javorcik told bne IntelliNews

COP29: Central Asian states losing arable land

Eurasianet November 25, 2024

Almost one-third of Tajikistan’s farmland in “critical” condition.

INTERVIEW: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank financing Central Asia’s green future

bne IntelliNews November 25, 2024

The Chinese-owned multilateral development bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), has become a major player in Eurasia and a driving force between driving sustainable development in the region.

Russia’s population is shrinking, the economy needs migrants, says Kremlin spokesman Peskov

bne IntelliNews November 23, 2024

Remarks made amid ongoing xenophobic backlash against Central Asian workers in response to spring’s major terrorist attack in Moscow suburb.

Turkmenistan, the isolationist black sheep of the five ‘Stans family

bne IntelliNews November 22, 2024

Ancient rivalries and a tortured relationship with Russia have made Turkmenistan the black sheep in the Central Asian family. But that is beginning to change as economic interests are slowly pulling the gas-rich country out of its isolationism.

PANNIER: Central Asia faces tough race against clock to prevent water crisis

Bruce Pannier November 19, 2024

Region in no doubt that climate change has arrived. Efforts to save critical resource taking on more urgency.

Seven arrested in Kyrgyzstan accused of plot to foment "drunken" riots and topple government

bne IntelliNews November 13, 2024

Authorities claim alleged conspirators stockpiled thousand bottles of vodka.

URUS-ClearPic: M&A in Central Asia Tracker

Alexander Teddy Managing Director of Urus Advisory November 12, 2024

In recent years, the economies of Central Asia have witnessed various mergers and acquisitions driven by economic restructuring, geopolitical developments and opportunities arising from regional connectivity initiatives.

Kyrgyzstan: Chinese firm scores a sweetheart deal to turn Bishkek’s rubbish into profits

Erlan Mashanlo November 7, 2024

Bishkek officials say the solution is environmentally friendly.

Ukraine war fuelling a manufacturing and FDI boom in the CIS

Ben Aris in Berlin November 6, 2024

The war in Ukraine is fuelling a FDI and manufacturing boom in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as local entrepreneurs rush to fill the gaping holes left in Russia’s supply chains by departing Western firms, reports Oxford Economics.

INTERVIEW: Central Asia to grow by diversifying, says EDB chairman

Clare Nuttall in Glasgow October 29, 2024

Nikolai Podguzov tells bne IntelliNews that resource-rich region can achieve fast and sustainable growth by investing into new industries.

Central Asian states make progress in addressing hunger

bne IntelliNews October 21, 2024

Tajikistan remains a country of concern.

Kyrgyzstan’s giant Kambarata hydro ambition awaits World Bank feasibility, cost updates

bne IntelliNews October 15, 2024

To verify cost-effectiveness, estimated price tag of $4.5bn-5bn will be revised in line with latest market situation.

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