Kyrgyz politics

The construction of A-frame houses, cafes, roads, and funiculars in Ala-Archa National Park appears to violate multiple Kyrgyz laws protecting natural areas.

Atambayev was released from jail in 2023 and promptly flew to Spain. He hasn't returned to Kyrgyzstan since.

Despite being under serious government pressure, Kyrgyz media reported that some deputies cast votes for their absent colleagues in violation of parliamentary rules.

The rays on the sun are a little straighter -- even if the priorities of the Kyrgyz government remain wavering. 

Government officials say the current iteration, which was designed just after independence, looks like a sunflower.

The bill must be passed in three readings before heading to the president, but time is growing short for amendments to be made.

Discussions have resumed in Kyrgyzstan’s parliament over a proposed “foreign representatives” bill reminiscent of Russia’s “foreign agents” law. 

The drama around the Madumarov matter obscures the lack of tangible progress by the Japarov administration in coming to an agreement on the border with Tajikistan. 

Where some see the normal activities of an opposition party, the Kyrgyz government sees the seeds of a nefarious coup plot. 

In prison (mostly) since 2019, the former Kyrgyz president was granted yet another retrial but also released and allowed to leave the country.

A document signed in 2009 is now at the center of a scandal that has the Kyrgyz government crying treason. 

The Interior Ministry justified the wiretaps as part of investigations into the October 2020 unrest.