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Eurasia Daily
December 29, 2017
The first president of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, immediately assessed the problem of interconnection of the regions of the country after the collapse of the USSR; he took care of reconstruction of the Bishkek-Osh road. This is the key vital artery of today's Kyrgyzstan. That includes military logistics or lawÃÂ ...
The Daily Star
December 28, 2017
The same year lawmakers ritually slaughtered seven sheep in parliament to exorcise "evil spirits" from the turbulent political past. The ex-Soviet republic saw a bloody uprising and ethnic violence leave hundreds dead in 2010, five years after the country's first authoritarian president, Askar Akayev, wasÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
November 20, 2017
The country's two former and ousted presidents — Askar Akayev and Kurmanbek Bakiyev — now live in exile. Even Atambayev's predecessor, Roza Otunbayeva, who served as interim president between the 2010 revolution and Atambayev's 2011 election, has faced the harsh reality that her legacy — asÃÂ ...
UNIAN
October 12, 2017
The only candidate and winner was Askar Akayev, who enjoyed over 95% of the votes. By the next elections in December 1995, he had managed to prepare the ground for another victory: the central election commission, based on the new Law on presidential elections, established a number of restrictionsÃÂ ...
The Guardian
October 12, 2017
The 2005 “tulip revolution” ousted Askar Akayev as president, and his successor Kurmanbek Bakiyev was unseated in a violent uprising in 2010. Sooronbai Jeenbekov. Facebook Twitter Pinterest. The current president's choice to be his successor, Sooronbai Jeenbekov. Photograph: Igor Kovalenko/EPA.
Bloody Elbow
July 5, 2017
However, the power struggle that occurred following the ousting of President Askar Akayev saw Kolbaev's friend-turned-foe Akmatbaev, then an MP in parliament, assassinated outside a mosque in 2006. Kolbaev was supposed to put an end to the anarchy at play. According to reports, Kolbaev wouldn'tÃÂ ...
CPJ Press Freedom Online
June 29, 2017
An October 2015 article that quoted former President Askar Akayev, in which he alleged that Atambayev was involved in corruption. An October 2015 article that questioned Atambayev's lavish lifestyle. Two March 2017 articles that criticized the February arrest of Tekebayev. A March 2017 news report inÃÂ ...
BBC News
March 24, 2005
During the early years of Askar Akayev's rule, Western commentators hailed him as a bright hope for democracy in Central Asia. They noted that the softly-spoken intellectual began pushing for privatisation and land reform shortly after he became leader of independent Kyrgyzstan in 1991. He was alsoÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
September 29, 2017
Weeks after Babanov won his seat, President Askar Akayev was toppled from power amid the Tulip Revolution. Babanov was a prominent criticÃÂ ...
bne IntelliNews
September 13, 2017
They brought down the administrations of Askar Akayev in 2005 and Kurmanbek Bakiyev in 2010. Three of the candidates began to introduceÃÂ ...
Pravda
July 26, 2017
Former President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev and his fellow-sufferer Kurmanbek Bakiyev were involved in scandals related to corruption inÃÂ ...
bne IntelliNews
July 25, 2017
... at Kyrgyzstan's Manas Airport, a lucrative business for the families of the country's first president Askar Akayev and his successor Bakiyev.
Global Voices Online
July 19, 2017
Tuuganchylyk proved the undoing of both of Kyrgyzstan's first two presidents, Askar Akayev and Kurmanbek Bakiyev, however. AkayevÃÂ ...
Bloody Elbow
July 5, 2017
However, the power struggle that occurred following the ousting of President Askar Akayev saw Kolbaev's friend-turned-foe Akmatbaev, thenÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
June 30, 2017
An October 2015 article that quoted former President Askar Akayev, in which he alleged that Atambayev was involved in corruption. An OctoberÃÂ ...
CPJ Press Freedom Online
June 29, 2017
An October 2015 article that quoted former President Askar Akayev, in which he alleged that Atambayev was involved in corruption. An OctoberÃÂ ...
Open Democracy
April 11, 2017
“I was the wealthiest of them all, and drove around in the latest Mercedes model, while our president [Askar] Akayev had to make do with aÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
February 27, 2017
The choice of location for the rally — the launch pad for two popular uprisings that toppled two presidents, Askar Akayev in 2005 andÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
January 30, 2017
The Tulip Revolution of 2005, which forced out President Askar Akayev — who had been the country's president since 1990 — began afterÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
November 23, 2016
“Society is afraid he is trying out the same behind-the-curtains maneuvers tested by [first President Askar] Akayev and [second PresidentÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
September 22, 2016
... instigating a drawn-out popular street revolt in the mold of the one that led to the toppling of Kyrgyzstan's President Askar Akayev in 2005.
The National
September 6, 2016
... startled the world by publicly playing the spoons on the bald pate of Askar Akayev, the president of Kyrgyzstan, has an international leader soÃÂ ...
BBC News
March 24, 2005
During the early years of Askar Akayev's rule, Western commentators hailed him as a bright hope for democracy in Central Asia. They notedÃÂ ...
bne IntelliNews
December 31, 1999
They brought down the administrations of Askar Akayev in 2005 and Kurmanbek Bakiyev in 2010. The arrests raise further concerns thatÃÂ ...
bne IntelliNews
March 26, 2017
Two previous Kyrgyz presidential regimes, excluding Roza Otunbayeva's interim government in 2010, were toppled via violent revolutions - those of Askar Akayev in 2005 and Kurmanbek Bakiyev in 2010. Zhaparov's arrest is tied to charges that he took aÃÂ ...
Astana Times
March 23, 2017
Kyrgyzstan saw a Tulip Revolution in 2005, when the first president, Askar Akayev, was overthrown. In 2010, his successor Kurmanbek Bakiyev met a similar fate.
Global Times
March 14, 2017
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, the designated successor of former president Saparmurat Niyazov, has been in power for over a decade.
bne IntelliNews
March 7, 2017
Atambayev and Tekebayev were associated with both revolutions in Kyrgyzstan's short history as an independent republic (the first one ended Askar Akayev's dictatorial rule in 2005). When Atambayev announced in mid-2016 his intention to meddle with theÃÂ ...
Open Democracy
March 3, 2017
He was an organiser of the revolutions of 2005 (known as the "Tulip Revolution", leading to the fall of president Askar Akayev), and 2010 (which toppled president Kurmanbek Bakiyev). It's widely believed in Kyrgyzstan today that Maevsky's latest moves ...
EurasiaNet
February 27, 2017
The choice of location for the rally - the launch pad for two popular uprisings that toppled two presidents, Askar Akayev in 2005 and Kurmanbek Bakiyev in 2010 - was pointed and symbolic.
The Diplomat
February 21, 2017
In Kyrgyzstan, meanwhile, ousted autocrat Askar Akayev landed 95.4 percent of the vote in 1991 - a margin none of his successors have topped.
24
January 31, 2017
Askar Akayev was the president at that time. He met with us, listened to the opinion of designers and other specialists, and decided to send us to England.
24
January 31, 2017
Askar Akayev was the president at that time. He met with us, listened to the opinion of designers and other specialists, and decided to send us to England.
The Diplomat
January 30, 2017
The Tulip Revolution of 2005, which forced out President Askar Akayev - who had been the country's president since 1990 - began after parliamentary elections.
Eurasia Review
December 27, 2016
President Almazbek Atambayev paid a four-day State visit from 18 to 21. Atambayev had taken over as President in 2011 and his term expires on 1 December next year.
Yahoo7 News
December 22, 2016
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) (AFP) - Every time Meder Jumayev looks at his wristwatch, the pensioner is happy to see a familiar face looking back at him.
AlterNet (blog)
December 19, 2016
By the time Russia's ally in Kyrgyzstan, President Askar Akayev, was deposed in March 2005, the United States had invaded and taken control of Afghanistan and Iraq, sponsored a successful coup in Haiti and an unsuccessful one in Venezuela, was beatingÃÂ ...
New Eastern Europe
December 15, 2016
Mould's account of a visit to the university by Askar Akayev, Kyrgyzstan's president at the time, verges on the comical.
bne IntelliNews
December 12, 2016
That refers not only to autocratic Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who was driven out of power via a revolution in 2010, but also to Askar Akayev, whose regime was similarly toppled in 2005. Political stability in the mostly Muslim country with a population of 6mn ...
24
December 12, 2016
After 5 years, Askar Akayev wanted some changes again. Double referendum was held on February 2, 2003. Voters were asked whether they approve the amendments to the Constitution and whether they allow the president to keep the post until 2005.
Global Voices Online
December 8, 2016
Sent underground during the Soviet Union, the tradition of charismatic oral poetry themed on the life of a mythical warrior king received a powerful shot in the arm during the rule of Kyrgyzstan's first president Askar Akayev. Now, with the release of ...
24
December 5, 2016
Then the president of the country Askar Akayev signed a decree on establishing a national agency which was supposed to monitor the legal drug trafficking in the country.
24
November 30, 2016
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev would not advise the fugitive Presidents Askar Akayev and Kurmanbek Bakiyev. He stated this today at a press conference, answering a reporter's question.
24
November 16, 2016
March 2005- Sale of assets. After the first revolution, the family of the escaped Askar Akayev begins to sell assets in Kyrgyzstan, including 100 percent stake in BiMoCom LLC.
bne IntelliNews
November 4, 2016
... news agency reported in January that Atambayev hopes to weaken the presidency for the sake of avoiding "second Bakiyevs", referring not only to autocratic Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who was driven out of power via a revolution in 2010, but also Askar ...
The News International
November 3, 2016
Former Kyrgyz presidents Askar Akayev and Kurmanbek Bakiyev were overthrown in street protests in 2005 and 2010 respectively.
Zee News
November 2, 2016
Autocrats Askar Akayev and Kurmanbek Bakiyev were overthrown in 2005 and 2010 respectively. Ethnic violence that erupted several months after Bakiyev`s ouster claimed hundreds of lives.
Global Voices Online
November 2, 2016
In Kyrgyzstan, President Askar Akayev and his successor Kurmanbek Bakiyev were both chased out of office while trying to edge family members into power.
Trend News Agency
October 24, 2016
Askar Akayev and Kurmanbek Bakiyev are former Kyrgyz presidents. Both of them are in exile now. Akayev lives and works in Russia.
24
October 14, 2016
Nikolay Tanaev - the last prime minister of Askar Akayev. He lives in St. Petersburg on Bolshaya Morskaya Street, 6. A few years ago, his apartment was robbed.
