Sources: itar-tass
The United Kingdom imposes sanctions on eight individuals and entities accused of helping Russia evade Western sanctions through financial and cryptocurrency networks, including Kyrgyz firms linked to the ruble-pegged stablecoin A7A5. Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov has appealed to the UK regarding the sanctions. 2025-08-20
Hundreds of international students from Pakistan and other Asian countries leave Kyrgyzstan following attacks by Kyrgyz nationalist mobs on student hostels in Bishkek earlier this month. 2024-05-24
One person is killed and two others are injured in a high-rise building explosion in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 2023-08-21
The Kyrgyzstan Prosecutor-General's Office calls for lawmakers to allow the prosecution of United Kyrgyzstan opposition leader Adakhan Madumarov for alleged attempts to seize power. 2023-05-31
Two civilians are killed while 21 more people are wounded near the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan after troops from both countries engage in a battle. 2022-01-27
Kyrgyzstan announces the addition of thousands of cases and hundreds of deaths to its COVID-19 tallies, describing the corresponding pneumonia-related cases, which had not been confirmed by tests, as most likely linked to the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus. Neighboring Kazakhstan announces it will do the same starting next month. 2020-07-17
Kyrgyzstan's parliament revokes an agreement with Russia to construct hydropower plants, officially ending a deal that in reality was going nowhere, due to the "unfavorable economic situation" in Russia. 2016-01-20
An official investigation in Kyrgyzstan into deadly ethnic riots last year reports that local Uzbek leaders were to blame. 2011-01-11
Kyrgyzstan approves a new constitution with 90.6 percent of voters backing a constitution that would pave the way for a parliamentary election in October, following the violence of the recent uprising and riots. 2010-06-28
Two days of national mourning begin in Kyrgyzstan for the victims of police shootings as the dead are buried. 2010-04-9