The events of 6th and 7th of April in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, were nothing short of extraordinary. They brought with them great sadness, renewed hope, tragic destruction, victorious triumph and, above all, confusion about what to do next. Ian Claytor, General Director of the Celestial Mountains Companies in Kyrgyzstan, has lived in Bishkek for nearly 15 years, as a British expat. He has already seen one change of government that arose as a result of 2005’s Tulip Revolution when President Bakiev came to power as Kyrgystan’s second President, unseating President Akayev. Read more »