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During a bilateral meeting between Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishhustin and his counterpart of Kyrgyzstan, chairman of the cabinet of Kyrgyzstan of Ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev, the Russian civil servant reportedly registered complaints about “a number of issues that cause us serious concern.”
On the sidelines of one January 31 Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Meeting in Almaty-de Meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, consisting of Eaeu Member Staten Premiers, the Russian and Kyrgyz Prime Minister met.
According to an reading that was placed by the Russian side on Telegram, Mishhustin expressed “the hope that Kyrgyzstan, led by Adylbek Kasymaliev, will continue to strengthen the collaboration with Russia in all areas.” The post continued with the notice of various areas where joint projects have been presented, also in production, energy, transport, “geological exploration” and the digital economy.
For a long time, Kyrgyzia’s economic relations have only been deepened with Russia since the full invasion of Moscow in Ukraine in February 2022. For example, the export from Kyrgyz toria to Russia exploded, of a basic line of $ 377 million in 2019 (before the COVID- 19-Pandemie) and $ 425 Million in 2021 to $ 1.07 billion in 2022. That figure was contracted in 2023 to $ 743 million, But the peak is clear. On the other hand, the import of Kyrgyzstan from Russia has risen since before the pandemic, but remained relatively stable: $ 1.4 billion in 2019, $ 1.91 billion in 2021, $ 2.4 billion in 2022 and $ 2.18 billion in 2023.
Perhaps more relevant: Russian direct foreign investments in Kyrgyzstan have risen in recent years. In the first half of 2024The volume of Russian DBI in Kyrgyzstan rose by 24.2 percent.
During their bilateral meeting on January 31, according to the Russian account, Mishustin asked “that the leadership of Kyrgyzstan stops the administrative pressure on our companies and the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of Russian investors stops.”
On TelegramThe Russian government shared a quote from Mathustin that has chopped a few words:
There are a number of problems that cause us serious concern. These are unfounded claims and illegal statements by high -level representatives of Kyrgyz government agencies against fair, bona fide Russian companies that develop the economy of Kyrgyzstan, create new jobs and are among the largest taxpayers. Specific facts of illegal, sometimes excessive actions are set out in a diplomatic memorandum from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We ask that the leadership of Kyrgyzstan stops administrative pressure on our companies and ensures the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of Russian investors.
On February 3, Mishhustin again spoke with his counterpart, Kasymaliyev, telephone.
According to RFE/RL’s Kyrgyison Service, AzattykThe Kyrgyz cabinet of the Ministers Press Service only noted ‘the high level of bilateral relationships and emphasized the importance of further expansion of cooperation in priority areas’, without mentioning the complaints of Mishustin.
While Mathustin did not give any details, Azattyk noticed that November 2024Kyrgyzstan State Committee for National Security (SCNS) searched with the office of yandex.taxi As part of an investigation into tax evasion. Yandex.taxi is a journey company under the wider umbrella of Yandex, a huge Russian technology company related to Google.
On 3 February, the chairman of the Tax Authorities of Kyrgyzstan, Almambet Shykmamatov, rack Referring to the complaints of Mishustin as ‘an inaccuracy’. He called Mishhustin’s used of the word “extortion” a “gross exaggeration.”
“We do not divide taxpayers into those from our country, from a great power or of a small state. The legally determined tax standards apply as much to everyone, and everyone meets them, “he said.
Shykmamatov emphasized his conviction that the issue of the hand “is a normal economic problem and that it would not affect strategic relations between the two countries.”
Incidentally, Kasymaliev was appointed chairman of the cabinet of ministers in December after the Akylbek Japarov’s resignation of his predecessor (No relationship with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov), amid a scandal involving the State tax authorities. Shykmamatov also adopted his position that the tax authorities led in December, after the arrest of his predecessor, Altynbek Abduvapov.
The resignation of Akylbek Japarov is not officially bound by the scandal. Anyway, his resignation after three years of running the Kyrgyz government under President Japarov is worth attention. DFrom that period he saw considerable reforms. To the question of the situation in December, head of scns head Kamchybek Tashiev answered“”[Akylbek Japarov] Departed because there was a connection with something. He didn’t just leave. “
The Russian Prime Minister, as noted above, did not mention names, but given the intertwined nature of the Kyrgyz and Russian economies – and the possibility of larger American sanctions – This spit is worth seeing.