Gulzhan Turdubaeva is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service in Bishkek.
Kok-boru and kokpar are full-blooded equestrian sports played by around a dozen countries, including, for the last eight years, the United States. But the two countries that meet in the final are always the same.
Having starred at the Summer Olympics in Paris, Central Asia’s boxers find themselves caught between the embrace of a Russian-led governing body kicked out of the Olympic movement and their own potential exclusion from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
A day in the life of a Bishkek bakery, which makes a moist fluffy bread with a crispy crust that is central to the Kyrgyz way of life.
