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Significance
Kyrgyz politics has entered a volatile phase as the 18-month-old conflict between the current and last presidents is in full flow with mutual accusations of corruption and authoritarianism and Atambayev-era officials arrested and prosecuted.
Impacts
A new immunity law harms the democratic process by making it risky for any future president to leave office.
Russia will remain silent: it has few stakes in the conflict since Jeenbekov is continuing Atambayev's pro-Moscow line.
Beijing will watch for signs of politicians stirring anti-Chinese sentiment to score points domestically.
Keywords:
Kyrgyzstan,
RUCIS,
Central Asia,
CIS,
international relations,
politics,
social,
election,
government,
legislation,
opposition,
party,
corruption
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2019
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