A man paints a Kyrgyz mountain scene on the wall of his sister's home in Pokrovka, an hour west of Bishkek.
David Trilling is EurasiaNet.org's Central Asia editor, based in Bishkek.
David Trilling is Eurasianet’s managing editor.
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