Kyrgyzstan
US outrage over “rigged” elections does not extend to Kyrgyzstan
By Bill Van Auken, July 25, 2009
The rigging of an election, the repression of opposition candidates and the use of police violence against demonstrators has been met with silence and indifference on the part of the Obama administrat...
US-Russia tensions escalate over closure of Afghan supply base
By Bill Van Auken, February 6, 2009
The threatened closure of a key Pentagon supply base in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, with serious implications for the Obama administration’s planned escalation of the war in Afghanista...
