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Serdar Berdymukhammedov's move to the Turkmen president's office last year has coincided with a more difficult life for women, who have had even more restrictions imposed on them. Recent government actions portrayed as helping women have been dismissed as mere window-dressing.

Many Kyrgyz don't like the idea of leaders whose reigns oversaw systemic corruption and the bloody suppression of protests having being forgiven for their transgressions.

Official trade statistics for Kyrgyzstan highlight some unusual trends in 2022, the year Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered unprecedented sanctions against Moscow.

Tengiz Bolturuk took charge of Kyrgyzstan’s Kumtor Gold mine after authorities seized it from Canadian company Centerra Gold. Now he is fighting to stay out of jail following a fall from grace that has done little to boost confidence in national management of the country’s largest asset.