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Is Putin losing his grasp on ex-Soviet spaces amid Covid-19 chaos?

Economic hardship, made worse by lockdown, sees citizens in Kyrgyzstan, Belarus rise up against Russia’s allies

02 November 2020 - 19:59 By Mariya Gordeyeva and Andrew Osborn

When mobs stormed government buildings and hounded the president from office in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after disputed elections last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed unimpressed...

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