# 24.kg

> 24.kg is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Kyrgyzstan. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Balanced**.

- **Domain:** 24.kg
- **Website:** https://24.kg/english/
- **Country:** Kyrgyzstan
- **Region:** Asia
- **Language:** Russian, Kyrgyz, English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Balanced
- **Founded:** 2006

## About

In the 24.kg newsroom the computers were carried out by security officers in January 2024 and the office was sealed, and the agency kept publishing. Its daily register is ministries, tariffs, blackouts and court lists, the small print of Kyrgyz governance rather than its scandals. The agency that was prosecuted for war propaganda now runs other people's press-freedom appeals in full, and files no investigations of its own.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Operated by the limited company Information Agency 24.kg, Bishkek. Founded and owned for eighteen years by Asel Otorbaeva. Re-registered to Gulzhan Sheripbaeva on 15 March 2024 and transferred again on 19 March 2024 to Almasbek Turdumamatov as sole founder and director; the chief editor resigned after the transfer. No state shareholding is documented, and the beneficial owner behind the 2024 transfer is not publicly established.
- **Funding:** Advertising, with no paywall. No donor, grant or foundation funding disclosed; a 2021 sector profile described the outlet as funded entirely by advertising revenue.
- **Focus areas:** Kyrgyz domestic politics and government, economy and utility prices, incidents and crime, regional Central Asian affairs, Russia relations, a reader-complaints desk


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrives in Bishkek](https://24.kg/english/387344_Belarusian_President_Alexander_Lukashenko_arrives_in_Bishkek_/) — 2026-08-31T13:14:00.000Z
- [Russia and China may make visa-free travel permanent](https://24.kg/english/387341_Russia_and_China_may_make_visa-free_travel_permanent/) — 2026-08-31T12:36:00.000Z
- [President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrives in Kyrgyzstan for SCO Summit](https://24.kg/english/387339_President_Kassym-Jomart_Tokayev_arrives_in_Kyrgyzstan_for_SCO_Summit/) — 2026-08-31T12:31:00.000Z
- [Spectators to be transported for free around Bishkek after WNG opening](https://24.kg/english/387337_Spectators_to_be_transported_for_free_around_Bishkek_after_WNG_opening/) — 2026-08-31T12:27:00.000Z
- [Kyrgyzstan and Iran discuss energy and new transport routes](https://24.kg/english/387336_Kyrgyzstan_and_Iran_discuss_energy_and_new_transport_routes/) — 2026-08-31T12:20:00.000Z
- [Vladimir Putin arrives in Kyrgyzstan to attend SCO Summit and WNG](https://24.kg/english/387334_Vladimir_Putin_arrives_in_Kyrgyzstan_to_attend_SCO_Summit_and_WNG/) — 2026-08-31T12:16:00.000Z
- [Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife arrive in Kyrgyzstan](https://24.kg/english/387333_Turkish_President_Recep_Tayyip_Erdogan_and_his_wife_arrive_in_Kyrgyzstan/) — 2026-08-31T12:08:00.000Z
- [From shared heritage to joint projects: Kyrgyz and Mongolian leaders hold talks](https://24.kg/english/387332_From_shared_heritage_to_joint_projects_Kyrgyz_and_Mongolian_leaders_hold_talks/) — 2026-08-31T12:03:00.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-07-28. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 10 (5 themes).

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