Author: Asylbek Baltabaev

These training sessions took place in the framework of the “Strengthening National Capacities for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding: Meaningful Civil Society Engagement for Trust-Building and Social Cohesion” Project of UNESCO and UNDP. From August to September 2024, Kyrgyzstan hosted a series of training sessions focused on enhancing media and information literacy and developing conflict-sensitive communication skills for over 75 participants, including representatives from public advisory councils, civil society, and local media. The primary aim of these trainings was to equip government officials and civil society members with the tools to effectively engage with the media and improve overall media literacy. …

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General Berik Assylov reported the recovery of assets totaling 262 billion tenge (US$548 million), including $205 million from abroad, during his presentation to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Sept. 19, reported Akorda. Property and shares in enterprises worth 82 billion tenge (US$171 million) were transferred to the asset management company. Agreements for the return of assets valued at 450 billion tenge (US$941 million) were approved. Assylov also reported that 445 investors who invested 8.3 trillion tenge (US$17 billion) in Kazakhstan’s economy received legal assistance. As part of the “prosecutor’s filter,” 500 state body decisions against investors were…

There is a large number of convicted Kyrgyzstanis in Russia, but «for some reason many of them do not want to return to their homeland and want to serve their sentence in the Russian Federation.» Foreign Affairs Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev announced at a press conference. «We, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the courts, actively worked on the return of convicted Kyrgyzstanis. More than 100 citizens were transferred to the country,» he noted. In addition, 11 minors who were left without parental care in Russia were returned to the Kyrgyz Republic. Some 276 citizens of Kyrgyzstan were evacuated from Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Sudan and Trinidad and Tobago.Jeenbek Kulubaev According to him, 213 bodies of Kyrgyzstanis who died or were killed abroad were transported to the republic.…

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has congratulated President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov on his 55th birthday, the press service of the Belarusian leader reported. “The successful development of modern Kyrgyzstan is largely due to the effective policy pursued by you, focused on the growth of people’s welfare and strengthening the international authority of the state,” the congratulatory message reads. Alexander Lukashenko noted that today hospitable Bishkek is becoming the center of integration attraction, which hosts the most significant events in the CIS, EAEU and SCO. “I am confident that our recent meetings in the capitals of Belarus and Kyrgyzstan will…

On the night of October 19-20, a military transport aircraft Il-76MD of the Russian Aerospace Forces caught fire at a military airfield in Ayni, 10 km west of Dushanbe. Video recording of the plane fire was sent by Radio Ozodi users. According to them, the incident occurred at the Ayni air base, known as Hissar air base. Attempts by Radio Ozodi to obtain a comment from the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan were unsuccessful; on October 21, no one answered the telephone number of the press service of this ministry. The official Russian media did not publish any information on this matter.…

Russia is ready to continue close cooperation with Kyrgyzstan in matters of military and military-technical cooperation. The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kyrgyz Republic Nikolai Udovichenko stated in Kant town during a ceremonial meeting on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Russian airbase. According to him, the Russian side highly values allied relations with Kyrgyzstan and is ready to continue comprehensive cooperation, including in the military and military-technical spheres. The diplomat added that the airbase in Kant is an important defense line against external threats and a key component of the CSTO Collective Rapid Deployment Forces. «The changes taking place today in the geopolitical sphere and the growing number of conflicts in international relations are increasing…

As of today, around 600,000 citizens of Kyrgyzstan are engaged in labor migration, said First Deputy Minister of Labor, Social Protection, and Migration Nurdoolot Bazarbaev at the Mekendeshter-2023 forum. The number of migrants abroad has decreased, as many have been returning home and finding employment locally, Bazarbaev said. Additionally, he mentioned that this year, 15,000 work permits were allocated for foreign citizens in Kyrgyzstan, and 60-70% of them have already been distributed. Regarding the impact of the cancellation of visa-run on migrants in Kyrgyzstan, Bazarbaev said that no significant changes have been observed. Vis-run refers to the practice of briefly leaving…

In Kyrgyzstan, 200 schools are not connected to the Internet. This was reported by the Ministry of Education and Science. According to him, out of 2 thousand 372 educational institutions in the country, 2 thousand 172 have the Internet. The issues of providing schools in remote areas with the Internet, increasing Internet speed, creating and maintaining a local network and Wi-Fi for access to information systems of the Ministry of Education and Science were discussed by the head of the department Dogdurkul Kendirbaeva, the general director of the open joint-stock company “Kyrgyztelecom” Nurlan Madaminov, commercial director OJSC Kubanychbek Baratbaev and technical…

Vladimir Putin has been blasted for war failures in Ukraine by a notorious former Russian colonel who has called for a full scale combat. The ex-colonel of Russia’s GRU spy agency, Vladimir Kvachkov, was fined for “discrediting” the army over social media posts which highlighted unspecific criticism of the “special military operation in Ukraine and the Russian leadership”. Kvachkov told a court in Moscow that neither the Russian president nor Sergei Shoigu, the country’s defence minister, or Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the general staff were “capable of waging a war” in Ukraine. The court fined him 40,000 roubles (£320)…

The SBU reported suspicions to the former head of the Yelenovskaya colony, who was involved in the torture of more than 100 Ukrainian soldiers. In order to torture the victims, they were taken to a “disciplinary isolation cell” specially created on the territory of the colony. “The security service has collected an evidence base on the former head of the occupying Volnovakha correctional colony (better known as the Yelenovskaya colony). The attacker is involved in mass abuse of Ukrainian prisoners of war in a Russian torture prison,” the report says. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, often the abuse of prisoners…