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A mudflow hits the village of Ak-Suu, Aksy District, Kyrgyzstan, cutting off access to the village and trapping three cars.
2022-05-23

Kyrgyzstan receives a shipment of 80,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-06-17

Kyrgyzstan’s security service detains former Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov in a corruption investigation involving the Kumtor Gold Mine. Asylbek Jeenbekov, brother of former President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, is also detained.
2021-05-31

Kyrgyzstan signs an agreement with the World Bank to purchase vaccines developed by Sinopharm.
2021-05-12

Presidential elections are held in Kyrgyzstan following last year's political unrest and the resignation of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Interim Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov is widely expected to win the election. The question of keeping the current parliamentary system or reintroducing a presidential system is also presented to the electorate in the form of a referendum.
2021-01-10

Kyrgyz parliamentarians launch impeachment procedures against President Sooronbay Jeenbekov.
2020-10-7

The Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan confirms former first deputy prime minister Kubatbek Boronov as the new prime minister.
2020-06-17

Kyrgyzstan's security forces storm the compound of former President Almazbek Atambayev on the outskirts of Bishkek for the second time after a failed overnight raid left one officer dead. Atambayev and his loyalists are "putting up severe armed resistance", according to President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Atambayev is detained, ending a two-day standoff. One officer was killed, while 80 people were injured.
2019-08-8

The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Temir Sariyev announces he will resign from his post. This comes after several Parliament members accused Sariyev and his cabinet of corruption. The Kyrgyz presidential press service said President Almazbek Atambayev accepted his resignation.
2016-04-11

The suspects are brothers. The at-large suspect is identified as a Kyrgyzstan-born Cambridge resident, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The deceased brother is identified as 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev. A number of YouTube videos, posted by the suspects, surface that seek Muslim takeover of Chechnya.
2013-04-19