By empty (11/1/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

At a meeting with newly appointed prison-system head Kapar Mukeev in Bishkek on 31 October, President Kurmanbek Bakiev charged him with restoring order in the penal system, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. The murder of parliamentary deputy Tynychbek Akmatbaev at a penal colony outside Bishkek on 20 September sparked demonstrations recently in the capital; the former head of the prison system, Ikmatullo Polotov, later died from wounds sustained during the incident that resulted in Akmatbaev\'s death. Mukeev told the president that work is under way to stabilize the situation.

By empty (10/31/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Kazakhstan is setting the aim of being put on the list of 50 most developed countries, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Monday. According to the president, “time is coming when the growth of the Kazakh economy makes it possible to set principally new tasks for the modernization of the society and the state”. Over the past seven years economy has been growing nine to ten percent a year on the average.

By empty (10/31/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

31 OctoberDaniel Fried, U.S. assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia, told a congressional committee in Washington on 27 October that the United States is still considering imposing sanctions on Uzbekistan, Reuters reported.