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Kyrgyzstan: A political picnic, another failed coup in Bishkek

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Kyrgyzstan, Photography, Politics, Protest

Murzaki makes [1] a photo-post about a rally in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, where hundreds of people went on to the street with the demand to to make Mr. Barktabasov, a mysterious tycoon with big ambitions for power, the Prime Minister. Some protesters were armed. The rally was dispersed, Barktabasov arrested.