The Kyrgyz parliaments move to reschedule the 1996 presidential election for December 1995 surprised the country’s international supporters. Now President Askar Akayev, who has extended his term until 2001, seeks to consolidate more power in the presidency by BRUCE PANNIER FOR THE PAST SEVERAL years, Kyrgyzstan has been referred to as the “island of democracy” […]

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