Central Asia

Kyrgyz election – what it could portend for Central Asia

By Dmitry Lee on 8 August 2017

ASTANA – Perhaps one of the most anticipated and unpredictable intrigues of the year in Central Asia is the Oct. 15 election in the Kyrgyz Republic, a country of slightly more than six million people. Fifty-nine candidates have been registered – 11 from political parties and 48 self-nominated, according...