The president of the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan ordered a state of emergency to be introduced in the capital, calling on the military to establish checkpoints in the city center, as the former Soviet republic entered its fifth day of chaos following a parliamentary vote marred by allegations of voter fraud. Kyrgyzstan has been the subject of competing interests from Moscow, Beijing and Washington since independence in 1991. The country was home to a U.S. military base during much of the war in Afghanistan, but it...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 09, 2020 16:55 UTC