Kyrgyzstan: Parliament Talks Trouble for Largest Mine

No doubt, Kumtor is critical to Kyrgyzstan’s ailing economy. So it is somewhat unfortunate that parliamentarians have little sense of measured timing. They released their report the same day, June 18, the government announced the country's budget deficit would be almost 18 percent higher than anticipated, reaching an estimated $392 million. With its own stock in Centerra sinking by hundreds of millions of dollars, and tax revenue falling as operations slow at the mine, it seems, at least in the short term, it is Kyrgyzstan that will be hurt most by whatever calamities befall Kumtor.