Kyrgyzstan
For updates on the project, including the most recent country reports generated following its 2025 methodological revamp, please consult the Media Influence Matrix new digital platform. Kyrgyzstan in Media Influence Matrix When Almazbek Atambaev was president of Kyrgyzstan, journalists didn’t have a whale of a time. The country’s head often harassed media outlets by threatening them…
Media Influence Matrix Kyrgyzstan: Funding Journalism
Media Influence Matrix 2019 That media outlets in Kyrgyzstan take informal payments from politicians and state officials is not a secret anymore. The list includes prime ministers, mayors, MPs, current and former presidents. They sponsor content in their own media outlet, if they have one, or pay journalists from other news outfits to cover the…
Media Influence Matrix Kyrgyzstan: Government, Politics and Regulation
Media Influence Matrix 2019 When Almazbek Atambaev was president of Kyrgyzstan, journalists didn’t have a whale of a time. The country’s head often harassed media outlets by threatening them with lawsuits and financial audits. Fearing reprisals, many journalists routinely self-censored. Things are much improved after Sooronbay Jeenbekov won the presidential elections in 2017. Pressures on…
