Kyrgyzstan's Struggle for Power

Kyrgyzstan's Struggle for Power
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The President
President Kurmanbek Bakiyev maintains that he is still in power, though he currently remains outside the capital, in his family compound in Teyit, where he spoke to journalists inside a yurt erected on his property, above.

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