Social problems kept in check during the authoritarian era of former president Askar Akayev are already surfacing in Kyrgyzstan, three weeks after he was removed from office by protesters angry at ...

Akayev has the dual distinction of having been independent Kyrgyzstan’s first president and also its first president to be ousted in a popular revolution. After 16 years, Askar Akayev returned ...

(CNN)-- In 2005, Askar Akayev, the then-President of Kyrgyzstan, was deposed and fled from the capital, Bishkek, to Moscow to save his life and the millions of dollars he allegedly stole from the ...

BISHKEK, July 8. /TASS/. An international warrant has been issued for the arrest of former Presidents of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev and Kurmanbek Bakiyev in the case of the Kumtor gold mine ...

Kyrgyzstan’s first president, Askar Akayev, has petitioned the country’s parliament, the Jogorku Kenesh, to restore his status as an ex-president. Cholpon Sultanbekova, the head of the ...

The first and second presidents of the Central Asian republic, Askar Akayev and Kurmanbek Bakiyev, were toppled after revolutions. The former president is suspected of corruption during the ...

The instability in Uzbekistan follows the collapse and ouster of Askar Akayev's government in neighboring Kyrgyzstan during protests in March. The U.S. Embassy in Tashkent said Saturday that ...

The base, however, has seen its share of obstacles. The 2005 Tulip Revolution that toppled Kyrgyz president Askar Akayev from power had no immediate affect on Manas' mission, but the country's new ...

In 2005, Kyrgyz citizens gathered there to protest against their first post-Soviet president, Askar Akayev, when he tried to circumvent term limits and extend his power. The “Tulip” revolution ...