Kyrgyzstan: Southern Mayor a Tough Survivor
Seen by some as a Kyrgyz hero, Melis Myrzakmatov has fixed the roads in Osh but has not won over the large Uzbek minority.
Seen by some as a Kyrgyz hero, Melis Myrzakmatov has fixed the roads in Osh but has not won over the large Uzbek minority.
It took a while, but Aynuru Altybaeva finally convinced her parliamentary colleagues that old "tradition" was criminal behaviour.
Rights activists says Tashkent security men interrogate detainees and abduct asylum-seekers in Russia with impunity.
Leading Russian expert says it’s up to Tashkent to decide what kind of relationship it wants with Moscow.
Death of high-profile leader in Badakhshan deepens distrust of formal authorities.
Exiled trade union leader says his activism led inevitably to confrontation with government.
Tashkent abandons regional security bloc, but such policy shifts are never permanent.
Central authorities weak, vulnerable and barely able to manage provincial politics.