A self-exiled deposed president of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, has revealed in an interview that he plans to return to his home country following his retirement. Speaking to Russia’s TASS news agency, ...

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 parliament’s ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Askar Akayev, the Kyrgyz president who disappeared when protesters overran his office last week, resurfaced in Russia yesterday, saying he would not resign his position but ...

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 ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – The Kyrgyz parliament on Monday accepted the resignation of ousted President Askar Akayev (search), clearing the way for new presidential elections this summer and giving a stamp ...

MOSCOW, April 4 (UPI) -- Askar Akayev resigned Monday as president of Kyrgyzstan during a brief meeting at the Kyrgyz embassy in Moscow, Itar-Tass reported. Some media outlets, however, said that ...

Speaking recently at Harvard University, Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev defended Bishkek's political record, saying democratization efforts must correspond to "historical practice" in any given country ...

2005-04-03 04:00:00 PDT Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan-- Kyrgyzstan's exiled president, Askar Akayev, has agreed in principle to step down, Kyrgyz officials said Saturday. His resignation would pave the way for ...