Functionally random geopolitics - Central Asia Featured Series - Episode 11

You remained behind other post-communist countries in some aspects, but you also avoided, against all odds, the dire circumstances that the forces of the region should have forced you into.

You neighbor the most dangerous province of communist China, your populace is slowly no longer a big fan of russia but they also correctly fear China. You want more money into your budget but the plebs keep telling you to buzz off and are moving their capital away from you.

So, what do you do? Obviously... change the flag of the country.

That's the geopolitics of Kyrgyzstan for you.

Let's explore!

Links:
Kyrgyzstan: As Russia’s appeal fades for laborers, British farms call - https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-as-russias-appeal-fades-for-laborers-british-farms-call

«Появился бы доступ к секретным архивам». В Кыргызстане предложен закон о реабилитации репрессированных - https://rus.azattyk.org/a/32215061.html

https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-exiled-russians-facing-pressure-for-anti-war-stance

https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-taxman-eyes-shadow-economy-in-bid-to-boost-budget-revenues

Russia's Putin visits Kyrgyzstan in first foreign trip since ICC arrest warrant - https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-putin-visits-kyrgyzstan-first-foreign-trip-since-icc-arrest-warrant-2023-10-12/

Путин в Бишкеке. О чем президент РФ договорился с Жапаровым? - https://www.dw.com/ru/putin-v-biskeke-o-cem-prezident-rf-dogovorilsa-s-zaparovym/a-67079620

Кыргызстан латынга азыр өтпөйт: илимий даярдык бар, саясий уруксат жок - https://www.bbc.com/kyrgyz/articles/cd17yng6e1wo

Kyrgyzstan’s New Flag Debuts in Bishkek - https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/kyrgyzstans-new-flag-debuts-in-bishkek/

Kyrgyzstan's Government Raises Its New Flag - https://www.rferl.org/a/majlis-podcast-kyrgyzstan-flag-japarov-government-pannier/32764501.html

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