GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Central Asia Corruption: How Kyrgyzstan Can Make a Fresh Start (Part 1)

Mar 17, 2017 | 13:07 GMT

A Partner Perspectives article by Charles van der Leeuw for The Times of Central Asia

In the old days, corruption, extortion, kickbacks and racketeering were so endemic in Kyrgyzstan that it was often more dangerous to stay away from racketeering rings than to join them. It is now up to the people to decide what they want to be involved in: hard, responsible work to improve living standards or another round of bragging and brawling on the barricade, encouraged by external provocateurs....

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