Matteo Fumagalli

Supporters of Kyrkyzstan’s new president Sadyr Japarov take to the streets to celebrate the ousting of former leader Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Ivor Kovalenko/EPA

Explainer: making sense of Kyrgyzstan’s latest political power grab

Struggling to handle a pandemic and general economic crisis, Kyrgyzstan has just seen its president ousted by an ex-convict as Russia and China watch from the sidelines.

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