Даниил Кислов

Daniil Kislov is a poet, journalist and essayist from Uzbekistan. He currently lives in Moscow. He is the main editor of the online news portal Fergana News. Follow him on Twitter @dan_ferghana

In Kyrgyzstan, it’s revolution, revanche, repeat all over again

Kyrgyzstan’s presidential campaign has started off with the arrest of a main contender for the post. Omurbek Tekebayev’s fate shows the country remains far from democratic. Русский

By Даниил Кислов

/ 2 Mar 2017

Текебаев и Атамбаев. Роль личности в киргизской истории

Президентская кампания в Кыргызстане началась с ареста одного из главных претендентов на пост главы государства. Арест Омурбека Текебаева демонстрирует, что демократической страны из Кыргызстана пока не получилось. English

By Даниил Кислов

/ 2 Mar 2017

Goodbye Karimov

We don't know whether Uzbekistan's leader is alive or dead. But the system he created will live on.

By Даниил Кислов

/ 31 Aug 2016

Is Central Asia afraid of ISIS?

The self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ has been seizing more and more territory in the Middle East, and now has its eyes on Central Asia.

By Даниил Кислов

/ 11 Nov 2014

Fear and loathing in the Moscow suburbs

An ethnic Russian is killed at a Moscow street market, supposedly by a migrant from the Caucasus; the ensuing riot by nationalist extremists leaves one dead, twenty people injured and hundreds arrested. Daniil Kislov looks at what lies behind the hostility directed at migrant workers in Russia.

By Даниил Кислов

/ 17 Oct 2013