Former prime minister Almazbek Atambayev won more than 63 percent of the vote in Sunday's presidential election, a contest that appears to have avoided the violence some expected, despite allegations of irregularities and isolated incidents of violence.
1 November: US President Barak Obama has congratulated Kyrgyzstan following successful Presidential elections on Sunday. In a message, the US President said that "The people of Kyrgyzstan will have a partner in the United States as they undertake the