Vignette. ‘Democracy should be like vodka. We’ve drunk 100 grams, and that’s good, but if we drink the bottle, well, that’d be bad’ [000Y]
Reference. Kyrgyz parliamentary elections feature lots of competition, little choice [thompson2025]
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