In a move that has sent shockwaves through Kyrgyzstan’s political establishment, President Sadyr Japarov on February 10 dismissed national security chief Kamchybek Tashiyev, a figure widely regarded as his closest ally and informal “co-ruler.” For more than five years, the Japarov-Tashiyev tandem has defined Kyrgyz politics. Their partnership emerged from the turbulence of 2020, when […]