Before the April 7, 2010 events, the term “nationalization” sounded somewhat archaically in Kyrgyzstan. It was mostly associated with the Soviet history lessons, classic works of Marxism-Leninism, and the revolution of 1917. But over the last year, nationalization in Kyrgyzstan became trivial. Literally, within just a few months (from May to December 2010), there have been nationalized dozens of assets, including industrial enterprises, houses, land plots, shares and interests in major companies, and other things...

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