President Sadyr Japarov has in plain words told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken not to meddle in Kyrgyzstan’s affairs. Japarov’s ‘undiplomatic’ response to Blinken’s expression of concern about the ‘foreign agent’ bill being considered by the Kyrgyz parliament shows his determination to tighten control over the country’s civil society. However, and this is no […]