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OSW Commentary |
| Wojciech Górecki
On 5 June Kazakhstan held a constitutional referendum. Almost 80% of the voters (on a turnout of 68%) supported the adoption of a package of amendments that covered more than a third of the articles of the Basic Law (a total of 56…
Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
Early presidential elections were held in Turkmenistan on 12 March. Serdar Berdimuhamedow, the deputy prime minister and the son of the outgoing head of state, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, was the victor, obtaining around 73% of the vote…
Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
On 19 January, the state of emergency introduced in Kazakhstan two weeks earlier in connection with the mass riots (at first in the west of the country and then also in other centres, especially in the former capital of Almaty) expired (…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Strachota
On the night of 5/6 January, at the peak of the social protests taking pace throughout Kazakhstan, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) decided to carry out a so-called anti-terrorist operation at the request of the local…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Strachota
Socio-political protests are rapidly spreading and escalating in Kazakhstan. The first demonstrations began on 2 January in Zhanaozen, in the west of the country, against the backdrop of a near-doubling of LPG prices compared to 2021. The…
Analyses |
| Mariusz Marszewski
On 10 January early presidential elections combined with a referendum on the state’s political system (presidential vs. parliamentary) were held in Kyrgyzstan. According to information provided by the Central Election Commission, Sadyr…
OSW Commentary |
| Mariusz Marszewski, Krzysztof Strachota
On 15 October Kyrgyzstan’s president, Sooronobay Jeenbekov, resigned from his position and his duties were taken over by the opposition leader, Sadyr Japarov. The change in power was brought about by large-scale protests which broke out on…
Analyses |
| Mariusz Marszewski
On 8th August, the former president of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev, was temporarily detained. His arrest was preceded by two failed special forces raids on his residence which had left one soldier dead and several people wounded (…
Analyses |
| Michał Bogusz, Mariusz Marszewski
The news published in the American and Indian press over the past few days confirmed the presence of a Chinese military base in south-eastern Tajikistan. Unofficial reports concerning this issue have been seen in the media over the past…
Analyses |
| Michał Bogusz, Mariusz Marszewski
On 9 January, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan reported that Beijing has consented to allowing a group of around 2000 Chinese citizens of Kazakh origin to leave China for Kazakhstan, while waiving their Chinese citizenship.…