A Kyrgyz boy pets a donkey as other people launch a balloon at sunset outside Tash-Dyobyo village, about 7.5 miles south of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)
TASH-BASHAT, Kyrgyzstan (AP) The political turmoil that has gripped Kyrgyzstan hasn’t reached the quiet village of Tash-Bashat in the mountains near the capital, where residents talk about the country’s feuding elites with resignation and disdain.
Kanat Kaliyev, a 57-year-old farmer, and his family said they have little respect for authorities, whom they see as deeply corrupt.
“Let them steal, but they at least must do something for the people,” said Kaliyev’s 27-year-old son, Azret. “But no, they try to steal it all.”