Author: Togolok Shakirov

The topic of onion shortages in the region continues to be the main one on the agenda, according to EastFruit experts. As we previously reported, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan all banned onion exports. Now another country of the region, Kyrgyzstan, has been added to the list of onion export prohibitors. Today, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture announced that the country is banning the export of all types of onions for three months. The export ban is issued by the resolution: “On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic “On the introduction of a temporary…

The detainees were initially placed under arrest for 48 hours on October 23, 2022, accused of fomenting “mass unrest” after disagreeing with the impending transfer of jurisdiction over an important dam, Kempir-Abad, to Uzbekistan as part of a border demarcation deal. They have spent nearly five months behind bars in facilities unsuitable for long-term detention, even though international law provides that pretrial detention should only be used as an exception, and for as short a time as possible. “These citizens, who were exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly, should not have been placed in pretrial detention in the first…

Due to barriers to entrepreneurship, most women in Kyrgyzstan work in microbusiness. Chairwoman of the Coordinating Council of Demilgiluu Aiymdar Coalition, Ainura Sagynbaeva, announced at a press conference. According to her, women in the republic lack the support of the state. «There are a lot of obstacles. If we accepted them and worked on them, the country’s economy would develop. Proof that women face more barriers is the fact that the majority of females work in microbusiness. If these obstacles did not exist, our talented women would move to small, and then to medium and large businesses. Women in the regions are especially hardworking and talented,» said Ainura Sagynbaeva. It should be noted that Demilgiluu Aiymdar Coalition has developed the National Women’s Entrepreneurship Agenda in Kyrgyzstan. Presentation…