Tyntchtykbek Tchoroev

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• October 07, 2010

  Kyrgyzstan's Elections Offer Prospect Of Real Change

  Tyntchtykbek Tchoroev of RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service says average citizens throughout Kyrgyzstan are looking toward the upcoming election as a major step in carrying out the democratic choice they made in the June referendum.

• March 23, 2010

  The Revolution In Kyrgyzstan Lives On

  Many Kyrgyz citizens feel betrayed by the government of President Kurmanbek Bakiev. Does this mean that there was no “revolution” in 2005? If we are returning to semi-authoritarianism, can we say that any revolution took place at all?

• February 05, 2010

  Kyrgyz Official Fired Over Controversial Photo Exhibit

  Kyrgyzstan’s president has fired the chief of the state culture agency for permitting a controversial, Russian-born U.S. photographer to hold an exhibition in Bishkek. Sergei Melnikoff is known for his critical views of Russia, which he has called a “country of slaves.” Kyrgyz MPs from the ruling party insist Melnikoff’s exhibition would harm Bishkek’s relationship with Moscow.

• February 09, 2009

  Kyrgyz Political Circles Split On Manas Decision

  Kyrgyzstan's political establishment is divided on the president's decision to close the U.S. air base at Manas, with most opposition parties making their objections clear. At the same time, analysts in the region warn that by dropping out of the support mission for Afghanistan, Bishkek risks finding itself in self-imposed isolation from a crucial regional undertaking.

• December 15, 2008

  Kyrgyz Audiences Demand End To Radio Silence

  The Kyrgyz government's suspension of programming by RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service has triggered intense public anger, and Kyrgyzstan risks forfeiting the reputation it enjoyed until very recently as a beacon of liberty and hope in Central Asia, says Kyrgyz Service Director Tyntchtykbek Tchoroev.

• December 12, 2008

  Chingiz Aitmatov's Lifelong Journey Toward Eternity

  This week marks the culmination of a yearlong celebration in Kyrgyzstan of the writer and thinker Chingiz Aitmatov, who died on June 10, a few months short of his 80th birthday. Aitmatov can be compared with Voltaire, the 18th-century French Enlightenment writer who revolted against the old system while enjoying all the benefits it had to offer. The intellectual war against authoritarianism found expression not only in the works of openly dissident writers such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, but in a milder and more sophisticated way in Aitmatov's novels.

• October 24, 2008

  Journalist, Activist, Inspiration

  Considering all that he accomplished, it is hard to imagine that Saipov would only be 27 if he were alive today.