Wednesday, 11 December 2013 11:36

Bishkek Mayor Steps Down

By Arslan Sabyrbekov (the 11/12/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Bishkek mayor Isa Omurkulov resigned on December 4, two days after an investigation into alleged abuse of office charges were filed against him by the Kyrgyzstan’s Prosecutor General.  During the press conference, Omurkulov stated to the public that his decision to step down was unrelated to the probe, but declined to specify the concrete reasons for his resignation.

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By Stephen Blank (the 27/11/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Kazakhstan joined the Customs Union with Belarus and Russia in 2010 and by 2012, it had evolved into a single Eurasian Economic Space known also as EurAsEc. The economic union is Putin’s principal foreign policy goal and Ukraine in the West and Kazakhstan in the East are particularly important to the success of this enterprise. Yet, while Ukraine was poised to instead sign a trade agreement with the EU at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius on November 28-29, it has stopped preparing for that signing ceremony, evidently succumbing to Russian pressure. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan has now registered increasingly vocal complaints about the direction EurAsEc is taking.

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Wednesday, 27 November 2013 00:00

Kyrgyzstan's Defense Council Discusses Corruption

By Arslan Sabyrbekov (the 27/11/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst)

On November 4, a meeting of Kyrgyzstan’s Defense Council took place in the State Residence Ala-Archa. The meeting was chaired by the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Almazbek Atambayev and focused on corruption and the state anti-corruption strategy adopted two years ago.

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