Vote annulment fails to lift pressure on Kyrgyz leader

Kyrgyzstan’s pro-Moscow President Sooronbay Jeenbekov faced new pressure Wednesday after the annulment of the results of disputed elections failed to calm the latest bout of political unrest in the ex-Soviet state. Jeenbekov has accused opposition forces of trying to seize power after protests against a parliamentary vote erupted into violence that left one dead and hundreds injured. The results of the vote — which showed parties close to…