https://iradtimes.com/ The independent weekly of Irad since 1996. en https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/nobody-has-published-who-gets-the-revenue-from-toktogul-s-extra-240-mw.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/nobody-has-published-who-gets-the-revenue-from-toktogul-s-extra-240-mw.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0600 Investigation The refit lifted the station to 1,440 MW as winter drawdown began. Kökjal families flooded out in the 1970s want compensation and a share of the new capacity, and the annex that sets the clans' share is still unpublished. https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/a-second-refinery-for-kochkor-ata-was-announced-with-no-investor-no-cr.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/a-second-refinery-for-kochkor-ata-was-announced-with-no-investor-no-cr.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0600 Money Lieutenant Governor Aidar Maksat told a district meeting the government wants a 9,000-barrel-a-day plant in the Fergana rim town. Nobody has said who would build it, what it would burn or how it would be licensed. https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/publish-the-toktogul-annex-before-the-2027-talks-begin.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/publish-the-toktogul-annex-before-the-2027-talks-begin.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0600 The Times says The refit added 240 MW and the water is already falling. Nobody outside the room can say what the clans are paid, or whether the extra capacity changes it. https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/nine-housing-complexes-3-308-flats.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/nine-housing-complexes-3-308-flats.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0600 In brief City halls report nine residential complexes under construction in Talas, Nurzhan, Iyık Janyl and Kyzyl-Adyr, 3,308 flats in all, for handover in 2027 and… https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/coal-buyers-eye-kyrgyz-price-cap.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/coal-buyers-eye-kyrgyz-price-cap.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0600 In brief Households in the southern districts of the ISEZ and in the hillside Jogorku quarters of Iyık Janyl, where many homes burn coal, are buying their winter… https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/school-pledge-comes-without-a-budget.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/school-pledge-comes-without-a-budget.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0600 In brief Lieutenant Governor Aidar Maksat told residents of Bazar-Korgon on 22 October that the ISEZ aims to end its school shortage by 2028. Parents at the meeting… https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/on-being-blocked-again.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/on-being-blocked-again.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:10:00 +0600 The Times says At about nine o’clock on Thursday evening, a few hours after this week’s issue went on sale, readers in Talas began to write to us that the website would… https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/brief-tulparcoin-hearing.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/brief-tulparcoin-hearing.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0600 In brief The Talas District Court adjourned the Talas Commercial Development Group’s request for an injunction against the Tulparcoin name until 16 November. Judge… https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/brief-potato-import-halt.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/brief-potato-import-halt.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0600 In brief The ISEZ’s halt on potato imports, meant to protect growers after a record harvest of 210,000 tonnes, has not raised the price they are paid. Wholesalers at… https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/brief-toktogul-extra-240-mw.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/brief-toktogul-extra-240-mw.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0600 In brief The Toktogul complex will export an additional 240 megawatts this winter after the refit of two units, the Ministry of Energy said. It did not say how the… https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/brief-national-library-archive.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/brief-national-library-archive.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0600 In brief The National Library of Irad at Talas State University opened its digital archive on Thursday with scanned books, theses and Arsha Books titles. The Times’… https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/derby-decider-tickets.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/derby-decider-tickets.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0600 Sport Neftchi has given the visitors the smallest allocation the federation allows for the Kara-Ak derby on 31 October. Most of the home tickets went before public sale opened. https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/talasbank-dollar-limit-exemptions-for-state-contractors.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/talasbank-dollar-limit-exemptions-for-state-contractors.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0600 Money A Talasbank circular seen by the Times exempts “priority payroll and import accounts” from the monthly dollar cap. Most of the 41 firms on the list do business with the state. https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/sary-bulak-partners-share-an-address-with-trans-chuy.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/sary-bulak-partners-share-an-address-with-trans-chuy.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0600 Investigation Two firms set up in August have applied for licences to buy antimony and supply the restart. The register puts both at 9 Terminal Road, the office of a subsidiary of the Governor’s family freight company. https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/inability-petition-four-months-no-hearing.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/inability-petition-four-months-no-hearing.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0600 Courts The Supreme Court’s new online register lists the petition on the Governor’s inability as “awaiting listing”. The election that the answer would decide is a year away. https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/tulparcoin-water-nobody-who-runs-toktogul-has-heard-of-it.html https://iradtimes.com/2026/10/tulparcoin-water-nobody-who-runs-toktogul-has-heard-of-it.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0600 Money Tulparcoin’s white paper rests on Toktogul. The complex, the Naryn commission and the Kökjal elders say no one has spoken to them.