Kyrgyzstan

For years, Russia’s big cities have been a source of employment and income for the people of Central Asia and the Caucasus....

The Kyrgyz presidency is expected to propose new and amended laws that will allow citizens to legalize their illegally...

He fled the country, was accused of corruption, and declared wanted. But his wife was still able to maintain at least one...

Tightening the noose on independent media, the Kyrgyzstan government proposed on Monday a new procedure that would allow the...

Describing themselves as “activists” and “bloggers,” four people held a press conference in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday calling...

A leading independent journalist says police planted drugs on him as retribution for his exposés of corruption. But that was...

Dozens of people protested on Sunday outside the interior ministry headquarters in Bishkek against the arrests of a poet and...

The former president — laying low since the country plunged into protest and violence in early January — hid banks, hotels,...

Imon International, Tajikistan’s most prominent microlender, was built over two decades to help women entrepreneurs. Its...

A well-connected operator, a successful businessman, and an enthusiastic interview subject: Vincenzo Trani is a colorful...

OCCRP’s Kyrgyzstan-based member center Kloop was among 13 organizations to win a Sigma Award on Wednesday, while OCCRP’s...

Not much has changed in Kyrgyzstan’s customs service since Matraimov’s firing and conviction. His successor, Zamirbek...