…for a second term, and Sooronbai Jeenbekov, an ally and onetime prime minister of Atambayev, was elected president in October 2017. After a midwinter power plant outage in Bishkek caused public outrage, Jeenbekov fell out with Atambayev and his associates. Jeenbekov began replacing many of Atambayev’s appointees, and the parliament…
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