Uncertainty still prevailed Monday in Kyrgyzstan, four days after violence between rival demonstrators triggered by legislative elections whose disputed results were finally canceled.
However, this postponement did not calm the spirits in this small country in Central Asia, under the political influence of Russia and the economic influence of China.
Invisible since last week, President Soroonbai Jeenbekov, in power since 2017, imposed a state of emergency in the capital, Bishkek, where several government buildings were stormed last Friday by protesters.
In fifteen years, two of the predecessors of the current head of state have been driven out by unrest.
This time around, the clashes left one dead and a thousand injured.
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These troubles are part of a complex landscape of traditional rivalries between the north and the south of the country, clan oppositions, even mafia, aggravated by the economic crisis and the repercussions of the Covid-19.
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