by Rafis Abazov When President Askar Akayev presented his annual message last year to parliament, he hardly mentioned the achievements of 1999. “The difficulties of the past continue their negative effect on our economy,” he said. There were serious reasons behind this remark. The year 1999 did not reward Kyrgyzstan’s politicians with good news, despite […]

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