IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Some Yerevan politicians say arrest of Armenian activists on espionage charges is attempt to intimidate the minority.
This winter has shown yet again how crucial a stable supply of energy is to Kyrgyzstan’s survival, yet when the country’s electricity companies are put up for sale, no one wants to buy them.
The drastic devaluation of the tenge in Kazakstan has had an immediat effect on Kyrgyzstan, where the national currency has lost value and exports to its larger neighbour have fallen.
President Kurmanbek Bakiev’s announcement that the United States airbase in Kyrgyzstan must close has provoked a heated debate in this Central Asian state.