Askar Akayev

22 Dec 2021 in 8:00

Kumtor: mother lode or root of all evils

Last week, a deputy in the outgoing Kyrgyz parliament, Osmon Turdumambetov, asked Kyrgyz Finance Minister Almaz Baketaev how much gold the Kumtor Gold Mine had produced under government management, where it was sold, and what revenues and …

4 Aug 2021 in 8:00

Askar Akayev returns to cooperate with Kumtor investigation

After 16 years, former president returned to Kyrgyzstan in connection with the Kyrgyz state’s growing case against the Canadian mining company Centerra Gold

25 Jun 2020 in 17:52

Atambayev faces life imprisonment

For 27 years of independence, three out of four Kyrgyz presidents were declared enemies of the people and criminals