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The Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation is ending grantmaking activity in the Central Asian nation after distributing more than $115 million in funding to non-profit groups and other organizations over the past 31 years. A statement issued by the Open Society Foundations, the parent entity of the Kyrgyz foundation, cited the introduction of restrictive “foreign agents” legislation as the reason for the closure. “We deeply regret that the organization’s activities can no longer continue and that the new repressive law will lead civil society to operate in an environment of uncertainty and fear,” said O…

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