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In Kyrgyzstan, creeping authoritarianism rubs up against proud tradition of people power

  • Written by Keith Brown, Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
In Kyrgyzstan, creeping authoritarianism rubs up against proud tradition of people powerPresidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan loom over the people of Bishkek.Contributor/Getty Images

The people of Kyrgyzstan have a well-earned reputation for “street democracy.”

Since emerging from the breakup of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, citizens in the Central Asian republic have taken it upon...

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