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Kyrgyzstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Kyrgyzstan ... formally the Kyrgyz Republic, and sometimes known as Kirghizia, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Its capital is Bishkek. Once a republic of the Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan has been independent since 1991. Remaining reasonably stable throughout most of the 1990s, the country's young democracy showed relative promise under the leadership of former President Askar Akayev, but moved towards autocracy and authoritarianism. ..." |
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Freedom House Ratings, Freedom in the World 2003
2003: Political Rights: 6, Civil Liberties: 5, Status: Not Free, Economy: Capitalist-statist |
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2005: 6.8 (out of 10) |
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Democracy: The God That Failed: In Iraq, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan, by Justin Raimondo, 12 Oct 2005
Related Topics: Democracy, Iraq, Ukraine
"... the 'Pink Revolution' that engulfed Kyrgyzstan earlier this year was a thuggish affair. Mobs took over government buildings, then indulged in an orgy of looting and destruction... In Kyrgyzstan, a relatively liberal tyrant was overthrown and replaced by someone with the reputation of a hardliner." |
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