Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan’s president Jeenbekov resigns as US embassy warns of organised crime swaying nation’s politics
Incumbent had said he would stay on to stabilise country, but he suddenly quit after meeting Sadyr Japarov, a controversial ex-official sprung from prison by protesters and voted in as PM. Japarov also stands to become acting president.
Ex-official sprung from prison made Kyrgyz PM with use of disputed proxy votes
Sadyr Japarov, a nationalist who was bust out of jail by supporters during the post-election upheaval tht hit Kyrgyzstan last week, also looks set to claim the presidency.
Assassination attempt made on ex-Kyrgyz president as mob backing rival attack rally
Amid latest chaos in Kyrgyzstan’s power vacuum, president in hiding declares state of emergency and orders army on to the streets.
Kyrgyzstan is no Belarus: country's third revolution may hide age-old tribalistic power struggle
In assessing events in the Central Asian republic, you can’t ignore its intricate north-south divide.
Russia frowns on Kyrgyzstan “chaos”, warns it has “obligations” to prevent total breakdown in country
Kremlin spokesman refers to security treaty as various groups struggle to fill power vacuum amid revolution that threatens to bring on mob rule.
Call for “clean” generation of politicians made amid chaos of Kyrgyzstan’s unresolved revolution
Some fear of a ‘north-south’ split emerging as former mayor is greeted by thousands as he arrives back in “southern capital” of Osh.
Belarus is the template for Bishkek’s rapid revolution
After only two days it seems that the Kyrgyzstanis have already moved beyond the Belarusians, who will now look to Bishkek for inspiration in the post-Lukashenko period, if they get that far.
Wave of attacks on foreign owned gold mines amid Kyrgyzstan’s political upheaval
Locals express long-held anger at what they see as companies from abroad benefitting unduly from country’s natural resources.
Opposition groups in Kyrgyzstan say they’ve seized power
Move to cancel results of ‘fixed’ parliamentary election appears to come too late to appease those mounting coup d’etat.
Attempted coup seen as under way in Kyrgyzstan
Protesters break into building housing parliament and presidential offices and free President Sooronbai Jeenbekov’s predecessor Almazbek Atambayev. Television and security buildings taken over.
Kyrgyz police violently disperse election rigging protest that erupts in Bishkek
Demonstrators incensed at claimed vote-buying and intimidation as two leading parties win parliamentary poll.