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Kyrgyzstan: “Putin Is a Complex Bio-Robot”
Ex-presidential candidate Arstanbek Abdylaev, scourge of the Kyrgyz Internet, has struck again. In a recent press conference he disclosed his world conspiracy theories, including a claim that Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, is a “complex bio-robot.”
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Turkey: Hrant Dink Murder Trial Closes 18 January 2012
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Global Voices Most Read Posts in 2011 6 January 2012
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Georgia: Return of the Meskhetian Turks 3 January 2012
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Bethlehem: Armenian and Greek Clergy Clash at Christmas 28 December 2011
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Kazakhstan: Reactions to Strike Crackdown as Police Brutality Video Emerges 22 December 2011
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7 February 2012
Kyrgyzstan: World Bank Country Director Storms Out of Round Table
For Kyrgyzstan-based netizens the story of last week was undoubtedly the sudden and violent meltdown of Alexander Kramer, head of the World Bank's Bishkek office, at a high level government-donor round table. Chris Rickleton reports.
24 January 2012
Kyrgyzstan: MPs Told to Ride the Bus
A suggestion that Kyrgyz MPs should give up their state-funded cars and take a minibus to work has moved netizens towards a reappraisal of what their elected representatives should and shouldn't be entitled to.
2 January 2012
29 December 2011
Kyrgyzstan: Ravshan Jeenbekov and the Facebook Generation
Of all the divides in Kyrgyzstan’s fractious political society, one too often overlooked is the divide between generations. Unlike the famed North/South schism, which manifests itself in elections and street-protests,...
Also now some attempts to get another Internet meme to show up within the same results --#SingForDemocracy