Kyrgyz President’s Longtime Ally Charged With Plotting to Seize Power

Kyrgyz authorities have charged Kamchybek Tashiev, former head of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB), with abuse of office and violent seizure of power; he has been placed under a court-ordered travel ban and denies the charges. The report outlines his recent dismissal while in Germany, the political fallout including the “Letter of 75” and detentions of signatories, and notes Tashiev’s long-standing close relationship with President Sadyr Japarov, while providing no formal investigative details.