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ASKAR AKAYEV, the president of Kyrgyzstan who resigned on Monday, was a corrupt and autocratic ruler during most of his 15 years in office. Paradoxically, however, he helped make possible the revolution that ousted him, by tolerating some of its building blocks. Opposition parties operated under his regime, though some of their leaders were persecuted; independent media existed, despite sporadic attempts to shut them down. Western nongovernmental organizations with pro-democracy agendas were tolerated: The United States spent $12 million on such programs last year. Sadly, these facts have been quickly absorbed by the surviving strongmen of the former Soviet Union, which means that the hurdles to democratization in Eurasia are getting higher. In the News
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Dollar Jitters (Post, March 1, 2005) Counterrevolution (Post, Feb. 4, 2005) A Response to Enormity (Post, Dec. 29, 2004) Two Dangerous Events (Post, Nov. 1, 2004) Diversity in Montgomery (Post, July 19, 2004) Message to Tashkent (Post, July 16, 2004) Attack of the Killer Fish (Post, May 23, 2004) Good News on Development (Post, April 23, 2004) Chicken Flu (Post, March 15, 2004) No Help for Democracy (Post, Nov. 12, 2003) No Message for Asia (Post, Oct. 16, 2003) Fighting a Mystery Illness (Post, April 2, 2003) Forgotten Detainees (Post, Jan. 17, 2003) Forgotten Detainees (Post, Jan. 17, 2003) Unethical Pizza (Post, Jan. 15, 2003) Sustaining Afghanistan (Post, Jan. 13, 2003) Fiasco in the Making (Post, Jan. 10, 2003) Hear From Both Sides (Post, Jan. 10, 2003) © 2002-2005 The Washington Post Company |
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