В.Карякин: К.Бакиев Москваны алдап кеткен

Президенттин Оштогу иш-сапары жыйынтыкталды

А.Бекназаров: Мага каршы сокку башталды

Ош: ушак-айыңдарга согуш жарыяланды

Interview: Osh Governor Says 'We Have To Remove The Fear'

Sooronbai Jeenbekov discusses the Kyrgyz government's authority in the south, what he thinks caused the deadly ethnic clashes in Osh, and why people oppose the deployment of an international Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe police force to southern Kyrgyzstan. More

IMU Announces Longtime Leader Dead, Names Successor

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan has announced that its leader, Tahir Yuldash, was killed nearly a year ago. The IMU also announced that it had selected a new leader, Usman Odil. More

Can iPhone's Peaks, Pitfalls Predict Kyrgyzstan's Future?

Will Kyrgyzstan's new government go the way of the previous one, which was driven from power by protests that turned violent in April? One theory concerning the popular acceptance of technology could provide a clue. More

In Kyrgyzstan, Uzbeks Criticize Osh Reconstruction Plan

Some residents say Osh authorities, mainly ethnic Kyrgyz, are using June's violence as an excuse to carry out a previously existing reconstruction plan that targets their neighborhoods. More

Kyrgyz Envoy To U.S. Says Interethnic Reconciliation Could Take Decades

Arslan Anarbaev has been the interim head of the Kyrgyz Embassy in Washington as charge d'affaires since ex-President Kurmanbek Bakiev was ousted in April. In Kyrgyzstan, he served in the governments of both Bakiev and his predecessor, Askar Akaev. Anarbaev sat down with RFE/RL correspondent Richard Solash recently to talk about a range of issues in his country – from the presence of U.S. and Russian bases to lingering ethnic tensions in the south and the critical time Kyrgyzstan is facing, both now and in the coming months. More

Is Kyrgyz Media Providing The Whole Picture?

Stark differences have emerged in how the Kyrgyz media have covered the origins and aftermath of the interethnic violence that erupted the Central Asian country in mid-June. More

Showdown In Osh

A political and potentially even violent showdown may be in the works as Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbaeva arrives in the southern city wracked by ethnic riots in early June that left over 300 people dead and some 400,000 displaced. More

Kazakhstan And The OSCE Can Take The Lead In Kyrgyzstan

Analyst Roman Muzalevsky says that utilizing each other's capacities to address global and regional security threats, including by supporting reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in Kyrgyzstan, will position both Kazakhstan and the OSCE as serious actors in Central Asia, and particularly in Kyrgyzstan. More

Tensions Continue To Rise In Southern Kyrgyzstan

Despite residents' efforts to return to normal life in the crippled southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, ongoing threats and allegations of abductions and torture more than a month after deadly clashes are pushing ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks even further apart. More