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Kyrgyzstan: Local elections in the uneasy southern province

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Kyrgyzstan, Elections

Nathan Hamm writes [1] about the last week’s municipal elections in Osh, where nationalist opposition parties seem to get a significant share in the city council, analyzes the southern city's electorate, and reminds that Kyrgyzstan is often characterized as politically divided between north and south.