In Kyrgyzstan, protests have erupted following a parliamentary election Sunday critics say was rigged through vote buying. Demonstrators are demanding the resignation of pro-Russian President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and a new election. On Tuesday, protesters seized a government building and freed a jailed former president, Almazbek Atambayev, who was sentenced on corruption charges and is an adversary of the sitting president.
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