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    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      Travel
      Wheels in the wild: a bikepacking trek in Kyrgyzstan

      A week’s cycle adventure takes riders through the remote and spectacular Tian Shan mountains

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      Medical science
      Scientists use ancient DNA samples to explain Black Death origins

      Genetic and archaeological evidence show plague pandemic began in Kyrgyzstan in 1338

    • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
      Venice Biennale 2022
      What not to miss in and around the Venice Biennale

      From a fountain of fire to a Lebanese egg, via crystal trees, Nepali and Omani newcomers and art from Ukraine

    • Saturday, 26 March, 2022
      FT SeriesSpring food & drink special
      In Kyrgyzstan, a taste of the ‘purest milk imaginable’

      In search of the traditionally made dairy foods that continue to sustain this central Asian nation

    • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
      Global InsightLaura Pitel
      Kazakhstan unrest shows Erdogan that Putin is still the regional ‘big boss’

      Russian role in recent protest deals blow to Turkish president as he seeks to cultivate pan-Turkic unity

    • Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
      InterviewMining
      Kyrgyzstan says it seized mine over alleged environmental and safety breaches

      Bishkek justifies taking control of Kumtor, the country’s most valuable asset, from Canadian owner

    • Sunday, 16 May, 2021
      Kyrgyzstan faces international legal battle over gold mine

      Canadian company Centerra Gold files arbitration suit to stop Bishkek from nationalising Kumtor

    • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
      Interview
      Kyrgyzstan’s new president rebuffs critics’ claims over ‘dictatorship’

      Sadyr Japarov defends constitutional overhaul that will strengthen powers of his office

    • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
      Nationalist wins landslide victory in Kyrgyzstan presidential vote

      Sadyr Japarov — dubbed ‘Kyrgyz Trump’ — rose from felon to elected head of state in three months

    • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
      News in-depth
      Kyrgyzstan’s prisoner-turned-president to oversee new polls

      Russia keen to keep country in its orbit and Sadyr Japarov seen as friendly to Moscow

    • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
      Nationalist firebrand assumes power in Kyrgyzstan after president resigns

      Sadyr Japarov, whose supporters freed him from jail last week, says he has taken over as head of state

    • Friday, 9 October, 2020
      Kyrgyz president offers to resign after Russia warns of ‘chaos’

      Sooronbai Jeenbekov’s rule in doubt since protesters claimed to have seized ministries

    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
      News in-depthRussian politics
      Russia’s neighbourhood in flames

      Uprising in Kyrgyzstan is latest in series of crises to hit Moscow’s sphere of influence

    • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
      Kyrgyzstan opposition claims to have seized control of country

      Protesters storm parliament and breach national security HQ to free former president

    • Wednesday, 15 July, 2020
      News in-depthCentral Asia
      Central Asian countries fear economic hit as virus cases surge

      Kazakhstan and neighbours reintroduce lockdown after rising infections highlight danger of exiting early

    • Thursday, 8 August, 2019
      Kyrgyzstan’s former president detained after threat to oust incumbent

      Special forces storm residence of Almazbek Atambayev twice in 24 hours

    • Monday, 6 May, 2019
      News in-depthCentral Asia
      Central Asian states plan ‘silk visa’ in bid to revive trade

      Region known for mutual hostility and glacial change shows signs of opening up

    • Monday, 1 April, 2019
      Press freedom
      Journalists under attack: press coalition highlights ‘most urgent’ cases

      Group of leading news organisations releases its second list

    • Friday, 2 November, 2018
      Next Act
      The next steppe: can Kyrgyzstan become an adventure tourism hotspot?

      The Central Asian country — host of the World Nomad Games — is attracting growing numbers of hikers, riders and skiers

    • Friday, 26 October, 2018
      Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd
      Chaarat Gold in talks to buy Armenian mine from Russia’s Polymetal
    • Sunday, 26 August, 2018
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      China extends Uighur crackdown beyond its borders

      Beijing exerts pressure on neighbouring countries to monitor dissident émigrés

    • Sunday, 15 October, 2017
      World
      Former prime minister wins Kyrgyz poll

      Tightly fought race defies region’s reputation for autocracy

    • Sunday, 16 July, 2017
      World
      Kyrgyzstan sets stage for open presidential election

      Dozens of candidates enter race as ruling party’s grip on ballot slips

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2016
      US presidential election
      US rivals use toxic election to pour scorn on American democracy

      Commentators from Beijing to Tehran swipe at Trump and Clinton’s ‘ugly’ campaigns

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2016
      Belt and Road Initiative
      Map: Key projects on the new Silk Road

      Transport and energy projects connecting Central Asia

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