Kyrgyzstan politics

Japarov soared past 16 other candidates with 79 percent of the vote in the January 10 election.

Why bother analyzing elections in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan if we think we know the results?

He's on the lam after getting out of jail during the October unrest and neglecting to return to prison.

Mamytov, Kyrgyzstan's second acting president since October, is a close ally of Sadyr Japarov, who hopes to win election to the real presidency on January 10.

Two months out from unrest sparked by parliamentary elections, Kyrgyzstan’s political future remains uncertain.

Last month, Kyrgyz rushed into offices. This month, they’re running for the exits in hopes of contesting the January 10 early presidential election.

Treading carefully, both Moscow and Beijing have engaged the new Japarov government but with a markedly light touch.

The presidential elections are now set for January 10, while challenges have been filed over the cancellation of the December 20 parliamentary redo.

The government of Sadyr Japarov will have an opportunity to prove itself by confronting the problems that made the October 4 elections such a disaster.

The Kyrgyz parliament voted to cancel forthcoming new parliament and presidential elections to make way for constitutional reforms.

Will Kyrgyzstan’s new leader be able to address imminent politico-economic challenges and accomplish his all stated promises?