Fortunately, the bribery scandal isn’t the only FIFA-related news in soccer these days. Fans of the world’s most popular sport are also watching the Central Asian country and former Soviet republic Kyrgyzstan. Why? On November 17, 2015, in a history-making win, Kyrgyzstan’s national soccer team defeated the favored Jordan team to earn an all-time high […]
Kyrgyz Media: Shocking Headlines Spill Gossip
Written by Shakhnoza Isakova In Kyrgyzstan, a small country of roughly five million people, rumors play a significant role in forming opinions and forecasting the future. Although Kyrgyzstan’s Russian language media is often viewed as being more objective, the editors of the Kyrgyz language press have formidable networks, giving them plenty of opportunity to spill […]
Tajiks, Kyrgyz Contend With Frontier Issues
Recent clash shows how niggling resentments can suddenly explode. By Altynai Myrzabekova, Nargis Hamrabaeva – Central Asia RCA Issue 702, 21 May 13 When Tajikistan’s president Imomali Rahmon holds talks in Kyrgyzstan next week, a recent clash on the border between the two states will be high on the agenda. The incident […]
Disenfranchised Youth Exploited By Kyrgyz Elites
Political classes mobilize young people for their own ends. By Pavel Dyatlenko The weakness of central government in Kyrgyzstan has encouraged the growth of amorphous youth movements which are manipulated by sections of the elite trying to gain more power. Youth groups were at the forefront of Kyrgyzstan’s two revolutions, in which one president, […]
Kyrgyzstan Government Authority Undermined By Opposition
Central authorities weak, vulnerable and barely able to manage provincial politics. By Timur Toktonaliev Kyrgyzstan’s recent history of springtime revolts, which in 2005 and again in 2010 led to presidents being ousted from office, created some trepidation about possible unrest this year. But a series of anti-government protests since early March have not […]
Kyrgyz Women Take to Hijab
Islamic dress becomes more popular in previously secular urban communities. By Asyl Osmonalieva For the last six months, 17 year-old Zarina Barinova has worn a Muslim-style headscarf whenever she goes out in northern Kyrgyzstan’s Chui province. A confident and outspoken student from the town of Karabalta, Barinova defies the common stereotype in Kyrgyzstan […]
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