Kyrgyzstan authorities have charged eight people, including powerful ex-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev, with plotting to seize power ​from President Sadyr Japarov, who has consolidated power in ‌the historically volatile central Asian country.

Kyrgyzstan has entered a new period of political uncertainty after authorities charged former security chief Kamchybek Tashiev and seven others with allegedly plotting to seize power from President Sadyr Japarov.