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Kyrgyzstan's president says he's quitting to avoid bloodshed

by Daria Litvinova
| October 15, 2020 6:27 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — Kyrgyzstan’s embattled President Sooronbai Jennbekov said Thursday he was resigning following protests over a disputed parliamentary election, the third time in 15 years that a leader of the Central Asian country has been ousted by a popular uprising.

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