Leading off… Almost 20 percent of jailed journalists around the world are in Eurasia, according to the watchdog group Reporters without Borders. Of the 503 journalists who found themselves behind bars ...

What is a dollar? Noelle Acheson highlights how stablecoins are underlining the ways in which the absence of an official ...

The official welcoming ceremony for Vladimir Putin, hosted by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, was held at the Yntymak Ordo governmental building, followed by Russian-Kyrgyz talks. Following the talks, ...

President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov Japarov SadyrPresident of the Kyrgyz Republic: Mr President, members of the Russian delegation, I am delighted to welcome you to the Kyrgyz Republic. I ...

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) – Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday it had arrested the Chinese CEO of a gold mining firm accused of causing "large-scale" environmental damage, amid growing public scrutiny over ...

MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will begin his state visit to Kyrgyzstan today, which will last from November 25 to 27. Over these three days, the head of state will hold ...

Campaigning for Kyrgyzstan’s upcoming election has been tepid, at best. Excitement regarding the polls, scheduled a year early after the parliament voted to dissolve itself in September, has been all ...

The raids began before dawn on November 22. Masked special forces troops broke through the doors across Kyrgyzstan, dragging off leading opposition figures from the Social Democrats, a former first ...

BISHKEK - Kyrgyz law enforcement on Saturday carried out a series of arrests, searches and interrogations of opposition figures and journalists as part of what authorities said was a probe into calls ...

NEW YORK, NY, Nov. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Kyrgyz Republic has officially launched the first issuance of its national stablecoin, USDKG, a digital token backed by physical gold and pegged to ...

On November 30, Kyrgyzstan will hold parliamentary elections. The polls were supposed to take place in 2026, but, in September 2025, a group of sitting members of the parliament, called in Kyrgyzstan ...