MARCH 14 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Anvar Azimov, a senior Russian diplomat, suggested that Central Asian nationals will need visas to enter Russia from 2015, media reported. Mr Azimov’s comments caused a stir because the economies of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and, to a lesser extent, Uzbekistan are heavily reliant on remittances from workers in Russia.
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(News report from Issue No. 127, published on March 15 2013)
MARCH 14 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Anti-corruption investigators in Kyrgyzstan arrested the heads of the national police academy for bribe-taking and extortion, media reported, underlining the extent of official corruption. The Kyrgyz authorities have launched an aggressive anti-corruption drive during the past year.
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FEB. 20 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Uzbek hackers attacked the websites of various Kyrgyz government ministries and state-owned companies leaving the message “We’re against racism!”, media reported. Tension between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz has been growing in the south of the country since the beginning of the year.
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(News report from Issue No. 125, published on Feb. 22 2013)
FEB. 20 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Uzbek hackers attacked the websites of various Kyrgyz government ministries and state-owned companies leaving the message “We’re against racism!”, media reported. Tension between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz has been growing in the south of the country since the beginning of the year.
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(News report from Issue No. 125, published on Feb. 22 2013)
FEB. 12 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – A military court in Bishkek sentenced, in absentia, former Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his brother, Janysh, to prison for involvement in the murder of a rival in 2009. Mr Bakiyev fled to Belarus from Kyrgyzstan after a revolution in April 2010. The Kyrgyz authorities have asked Belarus to extradite him.
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FEB. 12 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – A military court in Bishkek sentenced, in absentia, former Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his brother, Janysh, to prison for involvement in the murder of a rival in 2009. Mr Bakiyev fled to Belarus from Kyrgyzstan after a revolution in April 2010. The Kyrgyz authorities have asked Belarus to extradite him.
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JAN. 28 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Kyrgyzstan’s government resumed pressure on Centerra Gold, the Canadian mining company that owns the Kumtor mine which accounts for about 12% of the country’s economy, for more cash. Economy minister Temir Sariyev said that an agreement signed with the previous government in 2009 was “murky” and may be torn up.
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(News report from Issue No. 122, published on Feb. 1 2013)
JAN. 28 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Kyrgyzstan’s government resumed pressure on Centerra Gold, the Canadian mining company that owns the Kumtor mine which accounts for about 12% of the country’s economy, for more cash. Economy minister Temir Sariyev said that an agreement signed with the previous government in 2009 was “murky” and may be torn up.
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JAN. 21 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Villages in southern Kyrgyzstan are experiencing food shortages after Uzbekistan shut checkpoints running through its enclave of Sokh following rioting on Jan. 5/6, media reported. The checkpoints guard the only road linking villages in Kyrgyzstan’s impoverished Batken province to the rest of the country.
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(News report from Issue No. 121, published on Jan. 25 2013)
JAN. 21 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Villages in southern Kyrgyzstan are experiencing food shortages after Uzbekistan shut checkpoints running through its enclave of Sokh following rioting on Jan. 5/6, media reported. The checkpoints guard the only road linking villages in Kyrgyzstan’s impoverished Batken province to the rest of the country.
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(News report from Issue No. 121, published on Jan. 25 2013)