Kyrgyzstan politics

Recent electoral reforms could incentivize corrupt campaigning, but is the answer to overhaul the new rules?

Kyrgyzstan will have parliamentary elections in October; party fractionalization means the race is anyone’s game.

Kyrgyzstan’s legal system and former president Almazbek Atambayev are still locked in stalemate.

Kyrgyzstan’s president discussed hot topics -- corruption, development, free speech -- at his second annual press conference.

Last week Kloop and OCCRP published a damning report about the giving away of land in a prized public park to Bishkek’s rich and well-connected.

The 2017 presidential election touched off a political crisis with much deeper roots in Kyrgyzstan’s polity.

Zere Asylbek’s new single pushes Kyrgyz society to get over its political apathy.

A litigious air has swept Kyrgyzstan: It's hard to keep track of who has been detained and who could be next.

Unlike in Russia and Kazakhstan, an effort in Kyrgyzstan to carefully orchestrate the transition of power backfired.

What lays beneath the surface of Kyrgyzstan’s dramatic political scene?

What led to Kyrgyz special forces storming the compound of the country’s former president?