A detailed report from the International Crisis Group (ICG), released earlier this week, delineates all the room for improvement remaining within Kyrgyzstan’s political sphere. The country is increasingly dependent, politically and economically, on Russia, becoming a full-fledged member of the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union in August 2015. The Kyrgyz nationalist narrative that emerged after the Osh pogroms is now firmly entrenched and facilitated by a variety of groups across the country. Instead of confronting these trends, political parties are incorporating them. Kyrgyz ethnic nationalism, which helped fuel the 2010 riots, has continued, especially among the country’s governing structures in the south.