While I'm not up on the current situation in those areas, I always take "the next country is wild and dangerous" stories from locals with a big grain of salt.
On our trips:
Russian - "You are crazy going to Mongolia, they have no roads, nothing"
Kazakh - "Kyrgyz is dangerous, look out once you cross the border"
Northen Kyrgyz - "Steer well clear of Osh, it's drug riddled and seedy and scary"
Southern Kyrgyz - "Tajikistan? And the Pamir? You are crazy"
Etc, etc, you get the point. And we didn't meet any problems.
See if you can find any objective reports of recent troubles in the area and decide for yourself.
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Vladivostok - Denmark 2008... Finished.
Denmark - South Africa 2010-2011... Finished.
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