Kyrgyzstan

MOSCOW—A nationalist politician who was released from prison amid protests that overthrew Kyrgyzstan’s president last year has been elected as his replacement. Voters in Sunday’s election that gave Sadyr Zhaparov ...

MOSCOW—Kyrgyzstan’s embattled president said Thursday he was resigning following protests over a disputed parliamentary election, the third time ...

MOSCOW—Kyrgyzstan's president on Monday ordered a new, week-long state of emergency in the country's capital after parliament failed ...

TASHKENT—The U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan has urged the Central Asian nation and its neighbour Kyrgyzstan to set free ...

Since gaining independence in 1991 and embarking on the path to economic development, Central Asian countries that were ...

BISHKEK—Kyrgyzstan's former President Almazbek Atambayev surrendered to security forces at his compound outside the capital Bishkek on Thursday, ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan—Kyrgyz police detained more than a dozen people on Jan. 17 as they dispersed a hundreds-strong anti-Chinese ...

Russia has a broader strategy that could leave it as the dominant security actor across much of Eurasia.

Stratfor Managing Editor Ben Sheen and Eurasia Analyst Eugene Chausovsky discuss the increasing tensions in Russia's periphery since ...

Recently, Kyrgyzstan commemorated the fourth anniversary of the violence that shook its southern part back in 2010. Back ...

Opposition and parties leaning toward Russia are leading the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan comes one step closer to becoming Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy.

The United Nations has called regional organizations and governments to assist humanitarian operations to southern Kyrgyzstan.

Foreigners evacuated from the South of Kyrgyzstan where five days of violent ethnic clashes have left 124 people ...

Massive anti-government protests continue to escalate in Kyrgyzstan over anger with the president for his authoritarian rule.

The Kyrgyzstan government says it plans to shut down a key U.S. airbase.