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Read Edil Baisalov’s tweets
Friday, 9 Apr, 2010 – 13:16 | No Comment

Edil Baisalov, who is now the Chief of Staff to Rosa Otunbayeva, leader of the interim government, is tweeting very actively in English, Russian, and Kyrgyz.  This is about as close to the action on …

Read Rosa Otunbayeva’s tweets
Friday, 9 Apr, 2010 – 13:02 | No Comment

Rosa Otunbayeva, leader of the interim government in Kyrgyzstan, is tweeting.  Follow it here.

Protesting may spread to Karakol, has Bakiyev fled the coop?
Wednesday, 7 Apr, 2010 – 16:35 | One Comment

Ferghana.ru reports that the government in Karakol is preparing against protests.   Meanwhile, I’ve read on some forums rumors that the president himself has fled the country.  It’s true that he hasn’t given a speech, although …

Panic at the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border
Wednesday, 7 Apr, 2010 – 14:24 | 4 Comments

neweurasia’s sources on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, “Kordai” checkpoint, reports that a huge crowd of people, mostly coming from Kyrgyzstan, are creating chaos and Kyrgyz border control can’t control the situation.  Kazakh border …

Earth Hour 2010 in Aktau
Sunday, 28 Mar, 2010 – 18:43 | 7 Comments
Earth Hour 2010 in Aktau
Soviet traditions ahead!
Saturday, 9 Jan, 2010 – 23:21 | No Comment

It’s funny: our old Soviet tradition of giving names to new bornes is slowly being revived.
A child was born on January 5, 2010 to a happy Bobokhonovs family (which was a day before Rakhmon’s Rogun …