ALMATY—The central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan suffered electrical power outages in major cities on Tuesday, according to authorities and residents, after a major power line in Kazakhstan was disconnected. The grids of the three ex-Soviet republics are interconnected, and via Kazakhstan are linked to the Russian power grid which they can use […]
To meet today’s nomads. Film director Sibylle d’Orgeval crosses Kyrgyzstan, from the capital Bishkek to Lake Issyk Kul. Then, through the mountains and high pastures where the shepherds live, she’ll head for the south of the country. She’ll also cross the Trans-Alay mountains on her way to Tajikistan in the Western Pamirs, populated by the […]
MOSCOW—Kyrgyzstan’s embattled president said Thursday he was resigning following protests over a disputed parliamentary election, the third time in 15 years that a leader of the Central Asian country has been ousted by a popular uprising. Protesters in the capital of Bishkek celebrated the decision by President Sooronbai Jeenbekov, but it’s not clear if it […]
MOSCOW—Kyrgyzstan’s president on Monday ordered a new, week-long state of emergency in the country’s capital after parliament failed to consider and approve his previous order within the legally required three days. The confusion reflected the chaos that has engulfed the country after a disputed parliamentary election triggered mass protests. According to the office of President […]
Kyrgyzstan’s former President Almazbek Atambayev surrendered to security forces at his compound outside the capital Bishkek on Thursday, a day after a commando was killed in a failed attempt to arrest him that led to violent clashes with his followers.
Two brothers, four and six years of age, suffocated to death after they locked themselves up in an old refrigerator near their home in Kyrgyzstan. The two children were playing hide and seek in an old discarded refrigerator in the courtyard near their house in the village of Mikhaylovka, Kyrgyzstan, Daily Mail reported. Police think […]
A landslide flattened 11 homes in the village of Ayusai in Uzgen District of Osh region in southwest Kyrgyzstan, on April 29, leaving two dozen missing. “In the morning the landslide crashed into the river and the water flooded our houses. We only had time to run outside,” said flood victim Karash Abdullayeva. “Whatever we […]
Russia’s state investigative committee on Tuesday (April 4) named Akbarzhon Jalilov as the man behind the St Petersburg metro blast, confirming an earlier statement from Kyrgyzstan’s security services. The committee said its investigation had identified Jalilov, whose genetic traces were also found on a bag containing an explosive device. “From the genetic evidence and the […]
The attack on the St. Petersburg subway is now believed to be a suicide bombing. Authorities think the suspect came from Kyrgyzstan. They do not know if it is linked to ISIS or other extremist organizations, since no one has come forth to claim responsibility, but they are treating it as a terrorist attack. Authorities […]
