Kyrgyzstan: The Mayor of Osh asks the owners of burned cafes and restaurants to "tidy up their premises" - Ferghana Information agency, Moscow. The mayor of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan, Melisbek Myrzakmatov, has called on the owners of restaurants, cafes and shops burned down during the June riots to tidy the premises of their property, 24.kg news agency has reported, citing the Osh city hall press service.
Between March 15 and May 15, a two-month drive will take place in Osh to provide public amenities, spruce up public gardens and clean up the façades of public buildings and residential homes. Headquarters have been set up to coordinate the spring volunteer work, and Osh neighbourhood committees are being expected to ensure the participation of local residents. "Joint efforts between different ethnic groups will unite and strengthen the friendship among the peoples," Myrzakmatov said. He added that the city of Osh must be clean, renovated, green and beautiful.
Kyrgyzstan: Russia’s. As it contemplates the violence that has claimed the lives of well over a hundred people in its backyard nation of Kyrgyzstan, Russia should look to France's experience in Central Africa for lessons.
There are distinct parallels. Just as Paris maintained strong links with its former colonies across Africa, Russia has maintained its with the governments of former Soviet Republics in Central Asia. But just as Paris lost so much traction when Rwanda ignited in 1994, wrong moves in Kyrgyzstan might alter those treasured links between Moscow and Central Asia for good. Since subjugating Central Asia in the 1920s, Moscow has sought to fulfil the same kind of role in Central Asia that France once exercised in Francophone Africa - to be at the centre of an unofficial empire built on patronage, migration, history and corruption, as much as force. As the Soviet Union came and went, the end of the Cold War did little to alter this state of affairs. The parallels go further. Trial of ex-Kyrgyzstan president Bakiyev opens.
17 November 2010Last updated at 14:59 Inside the courtroom relatives of the victims hurled abuse at the accused, reports say The trial of Kyrgyzstan's former president has opened amid chaotic scenes in the capital, Bishkek.
There were clashes between police and the relatives of some of the 85 people killed in April, when Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted in a mass uprising. It is alleged Mr Bakiyev ordered troops to open fire on protesters. Mr Bakiyev has since fled into exile and is being tried in his absence. The trial is the biggest in the ex-Soviet state's history, with some 130 witnesses expected to be called to give evidence. Douche froide après les élections kirghizes. Après la victoire, dimanche 10 octobre dernier, du parti nationaliste Ata-Jourt, majoritaire au sud, devant les forces traditionnelles démocratiques, en tête au nord, le pays «se retrouve plus que jamais divisé en deux».
Par David Gauzère, géographe, spécialiste de la République kirghize. Les dernières élections législatives kirghizes ont été suivies avec attention par la communauté internationale et ont eu valeur d'exemplarité de par leur transparence, leur caractère pluripartite et leur engouement populaire dans cette région du monde habituellement peu encline aux expériences démocratiques. Pourtant, l'annonce des résultats le lendemain allait prodiguer une douche froide à ses organisateurs, instigateurs de la démocratie et du parlementarisme dans le pays, en premier lieu à la Présidente intérimaire, Roza Otounbaeva (lire la dépêche AFP du 12 octobre). 1. -Retour des vieux démons nationalistes au sud, victoire de la démocratie au nord David GAUZERE. Les dommages au Kirghizstan: bien délimités. Les cartes satellites parlent. L’UE doit s’investir au Kirghizstan, avec une mission Etat de droit au besoin, dit Kill-Nielsen. Nicolas Gros-Verheyde / Caucase Géorgie Ukraine Russie / Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, eurodéputée française revient du Kirghizstan, pays d’Asie centrale, où viennent de se dérouler les élections législatives.
Nous avons pu nous entretenir quelques minutes entre deux avions sur le résultat des élections – qui se sont déroulées de « façon transparente » -, la situation sur place – « calme » – et l’avenir, notamment le rôle de l’Union européenne – « nécessaire » avec la pleine utilité d’une mission « Etat de droit ». On a parlé d’une élection sous tension, était-ce le cas ? Quand nous sommes arrivés, nous avons effectivement senti cette tension, tangible chez tous des observateurs européens comme des responsables nationaux.
Nous avons pu rencontrer la présidente du Kirghizstan. Comment qualifiez-vous le déroulement de ces élections ? Kyrgyz budget to lose $200 mln after Manas transit centre agreement denunciation. Azerbaijan, Baku, June 10 / Trend V.
Zhavoronkova/ Kyrgyz budget will lose $200 million after the Manas transit center agreement denunciation , KyrTAG quotes the country's first vice-prime Minister Djoomart Otorbayev as saying on Monday. The denunciation of the agreement will bring to the loss of a significant tax volume. Manas transit centre pay $60 million to Kyrgyz budget for the lease of the territory annually. Over 1 thousand people work for the centre, nearly 1 thousand companies in Kyrgyzstan are connected to Manas. The agreement on the lease of Manas with the U.S. expires in 2014.