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The former head of Kyrgyzstan’s National Bank is the latest to be detained in the expanding – and politically charged – Kyrgyzneftegaz probe. Melis Turgunbaev, who became head of the National Bank in June 2024, resigned on March 18. [1]
A nephew of Kyrgyzstan’s recently dismissed security chief Kamchybek Tashiev was reportedly detained in connection with a corruption case involving state-owned Kyrgyzneftegaz. [2]
In late December 2025, as massive protests broke out in Iran, the governments of Central Asia were nearly silent. In late February, as the United States and Israel struck Iran – and Iran hit back, striking U.S. [3]
Kamchybek Tashiev, who until his sudden dismissal in February was the head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS), returned to Kyrgyzstan on March 19. [4]
BISHKEK -- The party of Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev emerged the winner from weekend polls in the only democracy in former Soviet Central Asia. [5]
BISHKEK -- The National Bank, Kyrgyzstan's central bank, is ready to sign a currency swap agreement with its counterpart in China, following on the heels of Central Asian neighbors Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. [6]
Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev, seem intent on setting the breakdown in relations between the two countries earlier this year — leading to a two-month mini trade war — firmly behind them. [7]
Elections in Central Asia are notoriously acts of democratic theater where pre-determined outcomes are dressed up with the excitement of voting. [8]
The former head of Kyrgyzstan’s National Bank is the latest to be detained in the expanding – and politically charged – Kyrgyzneftegaz probe. Melis Turgunbaev, who became head of the National Bank in June 2024, resigned on March 18.
A nephew of Kyrgyzstan’s recently dismissed security chief Kamchybek Tashiev was reportedly detained in connection with a corruption case involving state-owned Kyrgyzneftegaz.
In late December 2025, as massive protests broke out in Iran, the governments of Central Asia were nearly silent. In late February, as the United States and Israel struck Iran – and Iran hit back, striking U.S.
Kamchybek Tashiev, who until his sudden dismissal in February was the head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS), returned to Kyrgyzstan on March 19.
BISHKEK -- The party of Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev emerged the winner from weekend polls in the only democracy in former Soviet Central Asia.
BISHKEK -- The National Bank, Kyrgyzstan's central bank, is ready to sign a currency swap agreement with its counterpart in China, following on the heels of Central Asian neighbors Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev, seem intent on setting the breakdown in relations between the two countries earlier this year — leading to a two-month mini trade war — firmly behind them.
Elections in Central Asia are notoriously acts of democratic theater where pre-determined outcomes are dressed up with the excitement of voting.
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