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After Kyrgyzstan’s third uprising in 15 years, a nationalist who was sprung from prison is elected president Isabelle Khurshudyan © Igor Kovalenko/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Voters applaud President-elect Sadyr Japarov at the central Ala-Too Square in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, on Monday. MOSCOW Three months after protesters in Kyrgyzstan stormed its main government building, the country s third uprising in 15 years, a convicted kidnapper solidified his grip on power there late Sunday, easily winning a snap presidential election. But he faces a raft of challenges. Populist Sadyr Japarov, 52, secured nearly 80 percent of the vote, according to Kyrgyzstan’s election commission. He had been serving a long prison sentence for kidnapping a provincial governor, a charge he says was politically motivated, but supporters broke him out in October. Within days, he filled the power vacuum precipitated by the violent protests, serving as interim president befo

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