Kyrgyzstan - election news not free or fair

This year will see both parliamentary and presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan as the first post-Soviet era President stands down. The recent variously coloured revoltions further West seem to have set the government thinking...and velvet doesn't feature. Press restrictions have been reported in the run-up to the polls more from IRINNews Some also see this as a trend towards a more authoritarian grip on state power symbolised by improving relations with Russia more from EurAsianet...