Kabar
Kabar is the national news agency of Kyrgyzstan, a state-owned service founded in Soviet times as KirTAG and renamed after independence. Based in Bishkek, it distributes official statements and coverage of government activity, foreign policy and the economy in Kyrgyz, Russian and English, presenting the perspective of the Kyrgyz state.
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