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BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Bishkek has sentenced a former Kyrgyz prime minister's son, Altynbek Muraliev, to 12 years in prison on espionage charges, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s authorities have detained three leading members of the People's Parliament movement. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — This time the clash between Kyrgyzstan’s authorities and the operator of the country’s largest gold mine and core moneymaker Kumtor Gold seems to be more serious than previous ones. At stake is close to $200 million in dividends paid by Kumtor to its parent company in Canada back in early 2013 and withheld by the latter to its shareholders citing a “charge” for “de-recognition” of mining assets during the summer of the previous year. Perfectly legal, the mining company argues. A corporate kickback in the eyes of the Kyrgyz prosecutors, though. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kumtor Gold Company has said that its two vice presidents — Mark Burton, Vice President, Finance, and Leslie Louw, Vice President, Procurement and Logistics — have left Kyrgyzstan to take their long-planned vacations that had been approved back in January and March 2016. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the EU–Central Asia Rule of Law Platform on Tuesday held the seminar on development of the regulation of the public associations and civil society in Turkmenistan, the UNDP Turkmenistan reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court on April 25 said it is ready to revise its ruling against jailed human rights defender Azimjan Askarov. Continue reading
