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Kyrgyzstan

Russia orders emergency operation in race to save mountaineer trapped on Kyrgyzstan’s highest peak

bne IntelliNews August 26, 2025

Top official responds to desperate appeal from climber Natalia Nagovitsyna’s son who believes she is still alive.

Kyrgyzstan abandons attempt to rescue Russian climber trapped on icy summit of country’s highest mountain

bne IntelliNews August 25, 2025

Italian mountaineer perishes in effort to reach Natalia Nagovitsyna, who lost her husband in a 2021 climbing tragedy.

Central Asian states stepping up efforts to tackle water-related challenges

Eurasianet August 25, 2025

An increasing amount of time and resources is being devoted to averting a crisis.

Mapping global drought risk - Statista

Anna Fleck for Statista August 24, 2025

By 2050, more than 1.6bn people, including almost 20% of the African population, will be exposed to severe and extreme droughts, if a pessimistic scenario plays out, according to a report by INFORM Climate Change.

Russian PM on official visit to Kyrgyzstan, one of Moscow’s “closest partners”

bne IntelliNews August 14, 2025

Small Central Asian country appears to have become important to Moscow for sanctions-dodging re-exports and financial flows.

Iran's First Vice President arrives in Kyrgyzstan for Eurasian Economic Union summit

bnm Tehran bureau August 14, 2025

Iran's First Vice President arrives in Kyrgyzstan for Eurasian Economic Union summit as Islamic Republic expands regional economic partnerships through observer membership.

Kazakhstan pulls ahead of Russia for GDP per capita

Nizom Khodjayev in Almaty August 14, 2025

Development a serious blow to Russian prestige.

The Caucasus and Central Asia are well wired – survey

Eurasianet August 14, 2025

Kazakhstan is the leader in “meaningful connectivity.”

“Yurt-shaped” stadium in Kyrgyzstan to be largest sports venue in Central Asia

bne IntelliNews August 9, 2025

Small country also building ski resort, rail and hydropower megaprojects.

Suspected Tajik terrorist gunmen go on trial in Moscow over Crocus City Hall bloodbath

bne IntelliNews August 4, 2025

Pleas of guilty and partly guilty entered by four accused. Fifteen alleged accomplices will also be tried in mainly closed-door hearing.

Russian business travellers are discovering Uzbekistan

Eurasianet July 31, 2025

Are sanctions-busters scouting out a new hub?

Kyrgyzstan’s economy overheating, fear officials

bne IntelliNews July 31, 2025

Country bubbling ahead with GDP expansion running at almost 12%, but wrong kind of growth could mean the lid blowing off.

Just two in five Afghans have electricity, say officials

bne IntelliNews July 31, 2025

Matters could get worse. Tajikistan has advised it plans to reduce power exports to Afghanistan this winter.

Kyrgyzstan bans access to online pornography

bne IntelliNews July 29, 2025

At same time imposes state control on all international internet traffic.

EXPLAINER: The high stakes behind the Zangezur Corridor

Clare Nuttall in Glasgow July 25, 2025

Proposed corridor linking Azerbaijan’s main territory with its Nakhchivan exclave across Armenia could slash transit times from Asia to Europe along the Middle Corridor but faces fierce opposition from Yerevan.

Multimodal China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan rail and road freight route goes into operation

bne IntelliNews July 24, 2025

Corridor connects Wuhan in central China to Tashkent. With realisation of the “CKU” railroad years away, operators will hope for brisk business.

PANNIER: Stakes in fight against terrorism raised as Uzbekistan discovers ISKP cell led by teenage woman

Bruce Pannier July 24, 2025

Suspect in custody allegedly radicalised at Islamic school in Turkey. Development is disturbing for authorities.

Kyrgyzstan remains tight-lipped over crypto exchange facilitating huge financial flows to sanctioned Russia

bne IntelliNews July 23, 2025

$9.3bn reportedly moved over four months.

Breakthrough moment for Trans-Afghan Railway project hailed by Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan

bne IntelliNews July 22, 2025

Three countries agree to prepare feasibility study. Russia too would benefit from infrastructure linking Central Asia to Arabian Sea coast.

Fleet-cannibalised Russian aviation can only look on as Central Asia carriers take over regional market segments

bne IntelliNews July 20, 2025

Moscow has even considered asking Kazakhstan to run some of its domestic flight connections.

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