Author: Anara Egemberdiev

Around 2,000 measles cases were registered in Kyrgyzstan, State Sanitary and Epidemiological Control Department doctor Gulzat Dikambaeva said. Most measles cases were registered in Osh region and Bishkek. “Most cases were registered among those who refused from planned vaccination,” she said. 50% of measles cases in Bishkek are registered among those who refused from vaccination. There are also children under 1 year, who were not vaccinated yet, since the first measles vaccine is administered since the age of 1 year. Source : AKIPRESS

Kyrgyzstan’s most visited tourist Issyk-Kul district is hit by mudflows, Turmush reports. Mudflows started at about noon on September 20 in the town of Cholpon-Ata and the village of Baktuu-Dolonotuu. Yards and roads are flooded. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the operational group of the regional emergency management department and representatives of the civil defense commission are on the ground. 5 excavators, a motor pump and a sewer truck are involved into clearing. Source : AKIPRESS

Berlin (21/08 – 40) A group of Russian climbers were injured while climbing a tourist sports route in the Pamir mountains and urgently evacuated from the base camp and taken to Dushanbe, reported the Russian embassy in Tajikistan. All the victims have received urgent medical care in local hospitals. The climbers were evacuated from the Moskvin glade at an altitude of 4300 meters. It is noted that the successful outcome of the rescue operation became possible thanks to the tourists following the instructions of the Federation of Sports Tourism of Russia, early warning of the Committee for Emergency Situations and…

On June 20, after meeting with Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced Germany’s recent endorsement of Kazakhstan’s efforts to create alternative trade routes and transport corridors to Europe while bypassing Russia. Steinmeier declared that such measures would further prevent the Kremlin’s ability to evade sanctions via Kazakhstan (Svoboda, June 20). However, Moscow’s moves to redirect trade through a new corridor that would circumvent Kazakhstan pose a challenge to Astana’s ambitions (see EDM, 5 July). Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, both local governments, neighboring foreign states and international institutions have invested much effort and money…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Zheng Wu as the brand new Country Director for Kyrgyzstan, Trend studies. On July 28, he formally began his position and will probably be in cost of overseeing ADB’s actions within the nation. Zheng Wu can even be accountable for sustaining ADB’s relationship with the authorities and different stakeholders. He will oversee the implementation of the Asian Development Bank’s new nationwide partnership plan for 2023-2027, which goals to broaden financial inclusion, strengthen local weather resilience, and foster a greater enterprise atmosphere in Central Asia. “It is my privilege to steer ADB’s work within…

Russia has long objected to Ukrainian membership of the Western military alliance. This week’s meeting is stirring old arguments. As NATO leaders gather in Lithuania for a meeting that is being dominated by the Ukraine war, and Kyiv’s desire to join the military alliance, Russia has issued a series of threats. Maria Zakharova, spokesperson of the Russian foreign ministry, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday: “We had an objective to weaken NATO because the United States, Britain and the entire NATO had an objective to weaken Russia. Just look at their statements for years, they wanted to weaken our country.” Sergey Lavrov, the…

The government is trying to show it is serious about its fight on graft. Police in Kyrgyzstan have detained the president’s nephew on corruption charges in a measure seemingly intended to persuade the public of the sincerity of the government’s fight against graft. President Sadyr Japarov’s press service announced on July 6 that 32-year-old Ulan Japarov is being investigated for wrongdoings allegedly committed while working in the notoriously corruption-ridden customs service. No information was provided on when the detention occurred. Eurasianet requested clarification from the Interior Ministry, but received no information. RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz service, Radio Azattyk, reported that it was told that…

Five Central Asian have arrived in China’s historic city of Xi’an for meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping to seal pledges of “enduring” friendship, paving the way for a summit expected to result in a regional pact with Beijing. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on May 18 held a welcome ceremony in the Tang Paradise, a complex based on the site of the original relic of an imperial garden dating back to the Tang Dynasty, ahead of the summit that Beijing has said is of “milestone significance.” Greeting the Central Asian leaders at the ceremony, Xi emphasized that strengthening…

Kyrgyz lawmaker Gulya Kojogulova has called on the country’s security agencies to look into the avito.ru website in Russia, which offers to buy Kyrgyz citizenship for Russian and Belarusian citizens born before the official dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. At a parliamentary session on May 18, Kojogulova also criticized the Digital Development Ministry for a lack of control over the passport issuance procedure. After Western countries imposed sanctions on numerous Russian individuals and companies, including financial institutions, over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, many Russians started looking to get passports in other countries, mostly in the former Soviet republics. 

As Moscow’s brutal war in Ukraine drags on, ordinary Russians continue to leave their homeland to escape worsening economic conditions and evade military service. With demand high among Russians for foreign visas and passports, a growing number of private Russian-based companies are offering services to obtain Kyrgyz citizenship for their Russian clients.The companies, which describe themselves as law firms, have promoted Kyrgyzstan as a friendly, Russian-speaking country. They advertise that Kyrgyz citizenship can open the door to travel, study, and residency in Western countries.Kyrgyzstan, an impoverished former Soviet nation, has maintained good relations with Moscow despite the war in Ukraine.The…