On Tuesday 12 January, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service stated that the EU welcomes the orderly and well-administered presidential election of 10 January 2021 in the Kyrgyz Republic, but called on the country to work on the failings identified during the elections.
The populist candidate Sadyr Japarov won the ballot in the first round with approximately 80% of the votes. His supporters released him from prison in October, where he was serving a sentence for...