(U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON

C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 073197 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/14/2034 TAGS: PINR KG SUBJECT: (U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON KYRGYZSTANI OFFICIALS DURING APRIL - JUNE 2009 REF: A. BISHKEK 000298 ¶B. BISHKEK 000366 ¶C. BISHKEK 000430 ¶D. BISHKEK 000487 ¶E. BISHKEK 000563 ¶F. BISHKEK 000700 ¶G. BISHKEK 000494 Classified By: MICHAEL P. OWENS, ACTING DIR, INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C). ¶1. (C) INR/B RELIES HEAVILY ON POST,S REPORTING IN PULLING TOGETHER BIOGRAPHIC REPORTS ON KYRGYZSTANI OFFICIALS FOR USE BY US POLICYMAKERS. REFS A-G ARE EXAMPLES OF POST,S EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING. ¶A. (C) REFS A AND G (&PUTATIVE KYRGYZ CONSENSUS OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DISTANCES HERSELF FROM RIVAL OPPOSITIONISTS8) AND (&FORMER KYRGYZ DEPUTY PM PLANS TO QUIT POLITICS, FOR NOW8) PROVIDED INFORMATIVE LANGUAGE ON THE REPUTATION, OPERATING STYLE AND POLITICAL STANDING OF ELMIRA IBRAIMOVA. ¶B. (C) IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING DATA POINTS ON FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR AIBEK MOLDOGAZIEV,S ACCESS TO PRESIDENT BAKIYEV AND OTHER POLICYMAKERS, REF B (&KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CONCERNED ABOUT REGIONAL WATER TENSIONS8) INCLUDED OUTSTANDING LANGUAGE ON HOW MOLDOGAZIEV CAME ACROSS DURING THE MEETING, MOST NOTABLY HIS BIZARRE BEHAVIOR AND COMMENTS CONCERNING FOREIGN MINISTER SARBAYEV. ¶C. (C) INR/B APPRECIATED PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR MURATBEK IMANALIYEV,S INSIGHTS ON THE KYRGYZSTANI LEADERSHIP THAT WERE CONTAINED IN REF C (&PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR LAMENTS KYRGYZSTAN,S SLOW DECLINE8). ¶D. (C) REF D (&KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TALAS GOVERNOR8) PROVIDED USEFUL LANGUAGE ON BEISHENBEK BOLOTBEK ) A &CLASSIC SOVIET-ERA APPARATCHIK.8 INR/B READ WITH BOTH AMUSEMENT AND AMAZEMENT BOLOTBEK,S VIEWS ON LENIN AND THE COMMUNIST LEADER,S SUPPOSED EMBRACE OF SHARI,AH LAW. ¶E. (C) REF E (&KYRGYZ SPORTS: ANOTHER FIEFDOM OF THE FIRST FAMILY8) WAS A FASCINATING AND INSIGHTFUL LOOK AT YET ANOTHER ASPECT OF COMPETITION AMONG PRESIDENT BAKIYEV,S SON MAXIM AND THE PRESIDENT,S BROTHER JANYSH. ¶F. (C) SIMILARLY, REF F (&KYRGYZ ELITE FAWN OVER PRESIDENT,S SON8) NICELY ILLUSTRATED MAXIM,S INFLUENCE IN KYRGYZSTANI BUSINESS CIRCLES. REF F ALSO PROVIDED GOOD DATA POINTS ON THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN MAXIM AND PRIME MINISTER CHUDINOV. ¶2. (SBU) MANY THANKS AGAIN. INR/B ENCOURAGES POST TO CONTINUE ITS SOLID RECORD OF BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING. CLINTON