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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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Is Kabar left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?

Kabar is listed as Center on Crosswire: news agencies supply reporting to outlets across the whole spectrum, which rewards a deliberately neutral news style.

Read Kabar beside another title from Kyrgyzstan and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Agency copy is written to be resold to outlets across the spectrum, so Kabar is a useful baseline: compare its plain account of an event with how partisan titles in Kyrgyzstan headline the same wire story, and the framing each adds becomes visible by subtraction. Because Kabar is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning Kyrgyzstan title either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

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