11:13, 21 мая 2026, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Baktygul OSMONALIEVA
The attack on former head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, Kamchybek Tashiev, has strengthened the position of President Sadyr Japarov.This is the conclusion reached by experts from Focus, an international network of volunteer sociologists, following a public opinion poll.
The survey found that over 68 percent of respondents trust Sadyr Japarov, while three times fewer distrust him. Nearly two-thirds of respondents say their lives have improved in recent years.
About 26 percent of citizens of Kyrgyzstan condemn the persecution of Kamchybek Tashiev and his clan, while over 60 percent approve it.
Nearly 66 percent of respondents consider the secondary Western sanctions imposed on Kyrgyzstan for circumvention of anti-Russian sanctions to be unfair. About 22 percent hold the opposite opinion.
More than half of Kyrgyzstanis disapprove the campaign that has begun in the country to rename streets with Soviet and Russian names. One in five supports it, while one in four was unsure how to respond.
The telephone survey was conducted from May 1 to 17, during which 1,200 people from all regions of the country responded to the questions.