Kyrgyzstan Represents Hope of Central Asian Democracy

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