Topic: Manas Air Base

After 60 killed and hundreds injured, Kyrgyzstan leaders ask Russia to quell Kyrgyz violence

Kyrgyz violence has now killed 63 people, and injured 835 people in the south of Kyrgyzstan. Leaders are asking Russia to step in and assist in ending the violence.

Kyrgyzstan president resigns, leaving new leaders in full control

Kyrgyzstan President Bakiyev resigned Thursday and fled to Kazakhstan. The interim government of Roza Otunbayeva must now try to restore order to the highly strategic but unstable country.

Kyrgyzstan coup: Bakiyev inching closer to leaving the country

President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, pushed from power in the Kyrgyzstan coup last week, is nearing a deal to allow him and his family to leave the country, cooling concerns of further violence in the Central Asian nation, according to media reports from the capital Bishkek.

The Monitor's View: Nuclear treaty and an overthrow in Kyrgyzstan: two sides of Russia

Even as Obama and Medvedev signed the START nuclear weapons treaty, Vladimir Putin was supporting the new government in Kyrgyzstan, where he wants the US to give up its military base. The US should have its eyes wide open about the promise of a "reset" in relations.

Kyrgyzstan: US base closure 'final'

Air base flap reflects tension over US presence in Central Asia

But Pentagon officials say Kyrgyzstan's move to close a supply route won't impede operations in Afghanistan.