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Baktybek Abdrisaev

A woman receives ballot papers at a polling station during parliamentary elections in the village of Koy-Tash, some 15 km (9 miles) south-east from Bishkek, October 10, 2010. Kyrgyz voters cast their ballots on Sunday to create the first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia, in an election many hope can unite the country only four months after the worst bloodshed in its modern history. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) (© Vladimir Pirogov / Reuters)

The long shot in Central Asia

Eugene Huskey, Baktybek Abdrisaev