Author: Salizhan Abdraimov

Dushanbe 25/2 (35.71). The social networking activity of “influencer” Ismoil Mahmadzoir is causing a stir within the country’s political and security corridors. His grandfather President Emomali Rahmon is planning his succession, which has triggered quiet maneuvering within elite factions, including Mahmadzoir’s relatives. Nobody is clear about how becomes the next president of Tajikistan. The daughters jockeying for the top job besides the grandson.Video of a bland speech by Tajikistan’s long-time President Emomali Rahmon was posted late last month on Instagram by Buzkashi_1111, a handle created by Ismoil Mahmadzoir, the 25-year-old son of Firuza Emomali, one of the president’s daughters, who…

Businessman Yasir Hakimov is engaged in a trade that has become very fashionable in his home city of Bishkek the past two years — reexporting cars from third countries to vehicle-hungry, sanctions-struck Russia.In November and December alone, Hakimov said he sent to Moscow nearly 200 vehicles initially imported to Kyrgyzstan, which is a member of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) trade bloc.Most of the cars came from China, with South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and Europe sending in the remainder.But having only got into the trade last summer, Hakimov is worried that business has peaked, as Kyrgyzstan’s government…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — On the first anniversary of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan’s deadliest border war, marked in September, irascible Kyrgyz national-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev aired his frustrations at the slow progress in talks aimed at demarcating the disputed frontier.Tajikistan, said Tashiev, was making “territorial claims” against Kyrgyzstan in the talks.“But our answer is that there should be no such claims,” Tashiev fumed, noting ominously that Kyrgyzstan had found “new documents” related to the border.“Based on those, we know that many parts of Kyrgyzstan had been given to Tajikistan,” he claimed. “If [Tajikistan] does not renounce its territorial claims against Kyrgyzstan then…

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar met with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on Monday. The meeting took place during an official visit by Tatar to Kyrgyzstan, in which he also gave a lecture at the Manas University and was awarded an honorary doctorate, among other engagements. Following his meeting with Japarov, Tatar spoke to the north’s public broadcaster BRT, and said “I explained to him that their support for us should increase. I told him the Turkish Cypriots can reach the point they deserve.” He added that his visit to Kyrgyzstan had been “very successful”, and that he wants to “improve…

Kyrgyzstan has shown a willingness to sign Transit Trade Agreement (TTA) with Pakistan as its concerned ministries are working on the proposed draft shared by Islamabad, well informed sources told Business Recorder. This was indicated by Kyrgyz Minister for Economy and Commerce Daniyar Amangeldiev at a meeting with Pakistan’s caretaker Minister for Power and Petroleum, Muhammad who was in Bishkek to attend the fourth session of Pak-Kyrgyz Joint Minister Commission (JMC) held on 9-10 November 2023. According to sources, Kyrgyz Minister stated that he discussed the issue of TTA with Pakistan’s caretaker Minister for Commerce and Industries and Production, Gohar Ijaz…

Brussels (3/12) Governments may be doing great while the people suffer. Bombing of the Nordstream 2 pipeline, carrying cheap Russian natural gas to industry and consumers in Europe, is exerting a cascading effect on companies and employment, eventually to be reflected in rising places and sharpening inflation. Russia is steadily experiencing price increases for a variety of goods and services, Russian media report. Is there obviously not a link to the sanctions placed on Russia and the seizure of Russian funds and savings abroad? Punishment for Russia’s “Special Military Operation” to purportedly protect Russian-speaking citizens in eastern Ukraine from state…

Jakarta, Surabaya (19/11 – 20) With the elimination of their national team on Saturday, Indonesia’s capabilities to put on its finest show as the host of the 2023 Under-17 World Cup will be tested. Indonesia has been given a second chance to host a global football tournament once again, with the 19th Edition of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup, a moving spectacle held in Jakarta, Surabaya, Surakarta and Bandung, from 10 November to 2 December 2023. This opportunity arrived just months after FIFA stripped out Indonesia’s hosting rights for the 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. The bid wa doomed by…

Brussels (25/10 – 42.86) An independent investigation revealed the secretive daughter of Tajikistan’s president has quietly built a health-care empire that benefits from government largesse, state promotion, and lobbying from her husband, an ambassador for the Central Asian nation. Parvina Rahmonova is among the many children and other relatives of authoritarian President Emomali Rahmon who have amassed significant wealth or been appointed to senior government positions since he came to power more than three decades ago. Unlike several of Rahmon’s other children, however, Rahmonova maintains a nearly invisible public profile. She rarely appears in publicly available family photographs and she…

The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan banned the construction of objects near the new building of the Presidential Administration in Kyrgyzstan. The corresponding decree was signed by its head Akylbek Japarov. The document imposes a ban on the construction of other objects around the building of the «White House» under construction and introduces special requirements for the use of the nearby territory. It is forbidden to build new real estate objects within a radius of 500 meters. The exception is state and municipal buildings. Within a radius of one kilometer, it is prohibited to design, build or modify real estate objects higher than 10 meters (from ground level to the roof parapet). Source : 24KG

A group from the Kyrgyzstan Dairy Union recently visited Wisconsin with a mission of learning how to improve their farming as well as dairy-processing practices. They also were interested in future export opportunities, said Syimyk Taichabarov, the organization’s executive director. Helping them to fulfill their mission was Karen Nielsen, owner of Global Dairy Outreach of Madison, Wisconsin. She specializes in creating and organizing customized and practical training programs and study tours for dairy farmers and processors. Nielsen developed a tour of cheese plants and farms for the group; the first tour stop was at Cedar Grove Cheese near Plain. There…