Kyrgyzstan
What if the CIS holds a Summit, and no one comes?
October 07, 2009By Robert Coalson There is none of the extraordinary street-cleaning or painting of dingy facades going on in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, that one might expect as the city prepares to host a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS...
Moscow Urged to Promote ‘Passive Euthanasia’ of the CIS
August 21, 2009By Paul Goble Instead of seeking to “cure” the problems that beset the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), difficulties that have been highlighted and exacerbated by Georgia’s exit, one Russian analyst says, Moscow should acknowledge...
Moldova: election observers are being blocked from monitoring
July 29, 2009By Robert Coalson Reports that some would-be election observers are being blocked from monitoring today's poll continue to roll in. RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports that three Belarusians have been deported from Moldova (more here). The three are...
Central Asia’s Uyghur Problems Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
July 09, 2009By Paul Goble The violence in Xinjiang has highlighted the plight of the Uyghurs living under often brutal Chinese rule and called attention to the broader Uyghur problem across Central Asia, where many Uyghurs live and whose regimes must now find...
China's Uyghurs -- A Minority In Their Own Land?
July 08, 2009By Breffni O'Rourke The Uyghurs of western China are an ethnic Turkic people who are by tradition Muslim, and who feel more kinship with the peoples of Central Asia than with the Han Chinese -- the communist state's dominant population. The Uyghurs...
- Balmasov: USA does not have a vestige of respect for Russia
June 23, 2009By Sergey Balmasov It looks like the United States is going to stay in Kyrgyzstan to Russia’s great disappointment. The government of the former Soviet nation in Central Asia has changed its mind about the withdrawal of US troops from the airbase...
Next Sitting of CIS Economic Council to be Held in Chisinau
June 18, 2009On Friday the CIS Economic Council will carry out its 47th sitting in the Moldovan capital city – Chisinau. In 2009 Moldova presides in the Commonwealth of Independent States. According to the press service of the Ministry of Economy and Trade...
Russia in EurAsEc: Imperial Largess from Dwindling Resources?
February 11, 2009by Vladimir Socor The presidents of Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc) member countries -Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, as well as observer country Armenia- held an extraordinary summit of that organization in Moscow on February...
War Between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan \'Only a Matter of Time
January 08, 2009Paul Goble Vienna, January 7 – Both the situation along the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and political imperatives in their respective capitals mean that a serious military conflict between the two countries is "only a...
US Congress urges Kyrgyz President to respect religious freedom
January 07, 2009Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) and Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Co-Chairmen of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), and Ranking Minority Member Congressman Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), sent a letter...
