European and Central Asian democracy under siege by Soviet era dictatorships while Kyrgyzstan remains democracy’s hope

Is Kyrgyzstan still Central Asia poster child for democracy?

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Enlarge Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series. BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Aibek Baratov is surprisingly mild-mannered for someone local police have come to fear. Fiddling with his car keys at a shady café off a central square in Kyrgyzstan. | Democracy, elections, and voting