EditorialKyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov, who has stalled on signing a new agreement with the United States for fear Moscow would perceive it as a “stab in the back,” at his residence in Bishkek, Sept. 30, 2022. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)
EditorialVasiliy Sonkin, a translator who fled Russia, works on his laptop at a cafe in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)