Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz interim government reaffirms plan to hold June 27 referendum
June 20, 2010by Erica Marat Rebuilding inter-ethnic trust becomes kyrgyzstan’s major concern Most media outlets described the recent violence in southern Kyrgyzstan as an inter-ethnic clash that has re-opened historical grievances among ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbek...
Moscow caught unprepared by the carnage in the Ferghana Valley
June 20, 2010By Pavel Felgenhauer The outbreak of ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan in the cities of Osh and Jalalabad between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks has left, according to the latest official figures, some 200 dead, thousands wounded and up to 100,000 minority Uzbeks...
Moldovan foreign ministry recommends limiting travels to Kyrgyzstan
June 17, 2010The Foreign and European Integration Ministry (MAEIE) has asked people to abstain from traveling to Kyrgyzstan, unless the situation gets back to normal in this country. MAEIE also said that the Moldovan citizens with permanent or temporary residence...
Will Russia be Cast as “Peacekeeper” in Kyrgyzstan?
June 16, 2010by Vladimir Socor Kyrgyzstan’s interim leader, Roza Otunbayeva, has taken the desperate step of requesting Russian military intervention to quell the violent civil conflict in southern Kyrgyzstan. She presented that request to Russian President...
Kyrgyzstan begins 3 Days of Mourning
June 16, 2010Kyrgyzstan has begun three days of mourning for the nearly 180 people killed in ethnic violence in the country's south. Government officials say flags will fly at half-staff starting Wednesday and that entertainment events would be canceled. News agencies...
Ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan threatens to undermine provisional government
June 15, 2010by Erica Marat What began as a spat among young patrons of a local bar in Osh on the night of June 10 has turned into one of the bloodiest inter-ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan. Officials to date have reported over 110 dead and thousands injured (www.akipress...
U.S. military halts refueling flights from Kyrgyzstan's manas facility
June 04, 2010The U.S. military has stopped refueling tanker aircraft at Kyrgyzstan's Manas air base as officials from both sides renegotiate a fuel contract, the Pentagon says. The facility is a key transit and refueling base to support U.S. and NATO operations in...
May 28, 2010By Alexandru Eftode When Moldova's acting president, liberal Mihai Ghimpu, was recently asked by a reporter, "Who is going to pay Gazprom for the natural gas consumed by the Transdniester separatist region?" Ghimpu took a big pause before...
Moscow wants to replace not only Saakashvili but also Lukashenka
May 27, 2010By Paul Goble That Moscow would like to see Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili replaced isn’t news to anyone but that it would like to have someone else in the place of his Belarusian counterpart Alyaksandr Lukashenka may come as a surprise...
Moldovan PM 'confused' by Putin comment on instability
May 25, 2010Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat says he is confused by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin's remarks about political instability in Moldova, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Filat told RFE/RL today that after he met with Putin at the Commonwealth...