Articles tagged with: kyrgyzstan
Bakiyev’s Gambit and Kyrgyzstan’s Geographical Division
After being forced out of the capital city of Bishkek in early April, 2010, Kyrgyzstan’s president Kurmanbek Bakiyev sought refuge in the south, first in the city of Osh and later at his family compound near Jalal-Abad. A southerner, Bakiyev hoped to rally local supporters, even at the risk of inciting civil war. While some
The Kyrgyz Revolution, Illustrated in Google Earth
Yesterday, protestors stormed the offices of the iron-fisted Kurmanbek Bakiyev regime across all of Kyrgyzstan.Ministers were taken hostage, government buildings- torched, police cars- turned over, and the Kyrgyz flag- replaced with the blue flag of the opposition.The opposition has claimed that a provisional government, under the rule of former minister Rosa Otunbayeva, with a constitution
