Pavlovsky is also the Co-Chair (.pdf) of the IT Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Kyrgyz Republic.

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Centerra had a brief issue with its Kumtor mine, located in the Kyrgyz republic, when workers went on strike last month.

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Clinton's itinerary includes stops in the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan and Bahrain.

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Turkey increased its reserves by 44.7 tons to 288.9 tons, Korea increased its reserves by 15.5 tons to 70 tons, Russia increased its reserves by 18.6 tons to 936.6 tons, Kazakhstan increased its reserves by 1.4 tons to 103 tons, Ukraine increased its reserves by 0.2 tons to 33 tons, and the Kyrgyz Republic increased its reserves by 0.1 ton to 2.8 tons.

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An official in the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan told CNN that the brothers held Kyrgyz passports, which they had used to apply for green cards in the United States.

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An official in the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan told CNN that the brothers were Kyrgyz passport holders, and used those passports when applying for green cards in the United States.

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Frances and her husband, Drew, were among a group initially known as the "Kyrgyz 65" Americans who were in the process of adopting 65 orphans from the Central Asian republic when it suspended international adoptions in 2008 due to allegations of fraud.

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