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Economy

Around 50 protestors gathered outside the Kyrgyz government building in Bishkek demanding full implementation of an anti-gambling law. Many casinos still operate despite the law's enactment... 2012-01-24


Economy

We have revised down our forecast for end-2012 Kyrgyz consumer price inflation to 6.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) from 8.3% previously. We currently estimate end-2011 growth in the consumer... 2012-01-24


Political Risk

We expect the current Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev of the Social Democratic Party to win the presidential election this year. More important for the country and... 2011-09-26


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Economy

We forecast Kyrgyzstan's economy to expand by 4.1% in 2011 and 5.2% in 2012, however, we note that given the recent run up in gold prices in the face of ongoing global uncertainty and... 2011-09-21


Economy

Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov has stated that Kyrgyzstan should join the Commonwealth of Independent States' (CIS) Customs Union to simplify the border-crossing process for Kyrgyz... 2011-09-21


Economy

The organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has lauded Kyrgyzstan for being the first former Soviet country to decriminalise libel. The amendment was approved by... 2011-07-25


Political Risk

Kyrgyzstan continues to face a number of challenges both internally and externally to its security situation. Inter-ethnic tensions and tense relations with its neighbours threaten... 2011-07-25


Economy

We continue to expect the fiscal account to experience a widening this year to 7.6% of GDP, from 6.1% of GDP in 2010. We forecast government expenditures to rise to KGS80.2bn as the... 2011-07-25