A Kyrgyz military reserve officer has told RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service about his seven months of service as a mercenary in the ranks of the Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Manas Mambetov alleges Russian troops are increasingly replacing local and mercenary fighters in the region.
The State Department says it has completed a review of U.S. policy toward Central Asia at a time of economic and political uncertainty in the region.
A Kyrgyz military reserve officer has spoken in detail about his seven months of service as a mercenary in the ranks of the Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Manas Mambetov says Russian troops are increasingly replacing local and mercenary fighters in the region -- and that Moscow has stepped up the provision of heavy weaponry.
Kyrgyz police have detained a woman authorities accuse of leading a female cell of the banned Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir.
There is evidence to show that ethnic Uzbeks are present in a number of different militant groups in Syria and Iraq, including Islamic State, but the extent of that presence remains a question.
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev's unannounced visit to Moldova is under scrutiny.
EU foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini has nominated a new EU special envoy to Central Asia.
The head of the company that owned the building housing a shopping center damaged in a deadly fire in the Russian city of Kazan last week as been arrested.
Referring to rampant speculation about his health and whereabouts during his unusually long absence from the public eye, Putin said: "It would be boring without gossip."
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev has arrived in St. Petersburg ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart, Almazbek Atambaev, on March 16.
Russia has called for the strengthening of efforts by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to counter the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS) group to the organization's members.
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