Kyrgyzstan may withdraw from EEU but has no alternative to it — Deputy PM

BISHKEK (TCA) — Theoretically, Kyrgyzstan may withdraw from the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) with Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia as its regulations allow its member countries to do so, but the country would not have any good alternative, Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Pankratov told a press conference in Bishkek.

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Central Asia between ‘extremists’ and ‘moderates’: fundamentalism on the rise

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — A growing number of commentators and other observers, both in the west and in the former USSR, are casting doubt on the distinction between “radicals” and “moderates” among “Muslim activists” both in Syria and the world outside it. If there is one place in the world that shows how justified such suspicions are to some extent, it must be Central Asia.

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Study shows growing interest in Kyrgyzstan among Turkish tourists

BISHKEK (TCA) — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presented the results of a study of Turkish tourists, which showed there is a growing market for tourism based on Turkic cultural heritage in Central Asia. The study was funded by the United States through the USAID Business Growth Initiative (BGI), which works with partners in Kyrgyzstan to increase economic opportunities in the tourism industry, the US Embassy in Bishkek said.  

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Sergey Kwan

TCA

Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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Tajikistan security: recalling past Civil War under present situation

LONDON (TCA) — In December 1992, seven months after the start of the sectarian Tajik Civil War, the Russian 201st Motor Rifle Division recaptured the Tajik capital of Dushanbe which had been held by the United Tajik Opposition, a coalition of Islamists, nationalists and democrats. The 201st Division was a unit of the Russian Army, stationed in Tajikistan after the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The 201st were the border guards on the periphery of the Soviet Union with the 810 mile long border with Afghanistan to the south and the turbulent Chinese province of Xinjiang to the East.

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Sergey Kwan

Calum Heaton

Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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