Bermet Akaeva wants to run in the Kemin district in northern Kyrgyzstan for a seat left vacant after it was stripped from her brother, Aidar, who left the country in 2005.
On March 10, the brother of current President Kurmanbek Bakiev announced that he will not run for a vacant seat in the Otuzadyr district in southern Kyrgyzstan.
(with material from AKIpress)
Understanding Kyrgyzstan
Workers preparing for celebrations of the constitutional compromise in Bishkek on November 9 (RFE/RL)
A STABLE FOUNDATION? On November 9, RFE/RL's Washington office hosted a briefing featuring RFE/RL Kyrgyz Service Director Tyntchtykbek Tchoroev and RFE/RL analyst Daniel Kimmage.
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