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| Russia blamed for fueling unrest in Kyrgyzstan |
| 2010-04-12 |
| BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN -- Less than a month before the violent protests that toppled the government of Kyrgyzstan last week, Russian television stations broadcast scathing reports portraying President Kurmanbek Bakiyev as a repugnant dictator whose family was stealing billions of dollars from this impoverished nation. The media campaign, along with punishing economic measures adopted by the Kremlin, played a critical role in fanning public anger against Bakiyev and bringing people into the streets for the demonstrations that forced him to flee the capital Wednesday, according to protest leaders, local journalists and analysts. It's a page out of the old imperialist textbook ... "Even without Russia, this would have happened sooner or later, but . . . I think the Russian factor was decisive," said Omurbek Tekebayev, a former opposition leader who is now the No. 2 figure in the government. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 TOPIX > GEOPOL BATTLE IN KYRGYZSTAN OVER US MILITARY LILYPOND IN CENTRAL ASIA, + US, RUSSIA, AND CHINA INTERESTS IN CENTRAL ASIA DEPEND ON A STABLE KYRGYZSTAN. * ION SAME > MINING HORDES INVADE MONGOLIA, THE "KUWAIT" OF CENTRAL ASIA + IRATE UIGHUR MINORITY BEGINNING TO UNSETTLE BEIJING. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-04-12 23:50 |
| #1 FREEREPUBLIC > KAZAKHISTAN OPENS ITS AIRSPACE TO US MILITARY PLANES. versus WMF > KYRGYZSTAN COUP AND RUSSIA'S ROLE IN DEATH OF POLISH PRESIDENT HERALD THE END OF THE SCO-CSTO?, + RUSSIA'S "POLAR BEAR" HURTS THE CHINESE "DRAGON": THE FIRE SWORD OF RUSSIA'S REVENGE AGZ THE US, NATO, CHINA LIES IN ITS POLICIES OF HIDDEN OR SUBTLE EXPANSIONISM | BOTH ENEMIES AND ALLIES ARE ON RUSSIA'S LIST FOR REVENGE??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-04-12 21:39 |