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Guns, nightclubs and a new government
July 29, 2010 — Bishkek Writer: Richard Orange
"Who owns the Bacardi Bar in Bishkek?" is not the type of question that generally troubles the sort of UN and World Bank diplomats who gathered in the Kyrgyz Republic's capital for this week's donor conference. But as they agreed to plonk $1.1bn (€845m) into the hands of the new government, with little supervision, it is one that matters.
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