A leader of Kyrgyzstan’s oppositional movement that has pushed for a constitutional change by staging recent street protests has survived a grenade attack on his home, Russian news agency ITAR-TASS reported on Monday.
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November 15, 2006Kyrgyz police Tuesday afternoon fired tear gas at thousands gathered to demand constitutional reform in the former Soviet republic’s capital, the DPA news agency reported on Tuesday quoting Kyrgyz news agencies. Casualties were reported, with a correspondent from Russian television channel NTV saying ambulances had been called to remove those who had been injured from the scene.
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November 7, 2006Kyrgyzstan’s government on Tuesday rejected a move by opposition lawmakers to pass a new constitution, calling it an attempt to seize power illegally, The Associated Press reports.
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Thousands of protesters massed in Kyrgyzstan’s capital on Thursday demanding the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, whom they say has backtracked on promises of democratic reforms, the Reuters news agency reports.
Police held back crowds waving red opposition flags outside parliament and chanting “Bakiyev resignâ€. The demonstrators then marched to nearby Ala-Too Square which holds thousands of people.
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November 2, 2006The daughter of ousted President Askar Akaev has denied as “rehashed fantasies†a recent U.S. media report that suggests Kyrgyzstan’s onetime ruling family oversaw a vast network of illegal assets that included many U.S.-based shell companies.
In remarks to the ferghana.ru information website, Bermet Akaeva questioned the authenticity of the documents the NBC television network used for its report, Radio Free Europe reports.
NBC on October 30 said it had obtained an FBI report saying that an international investigation was under way “targeting as many as 175 entities associated with the Akaev organization.â€
Kyrgyz authorities have not reacted to the NBC report, which the AKIpress news agency carried on October 31.
Kyrgyz prosecutors have been giving contradicting indications as to whether Akaev is under criminal investigation for alleged financial misdeeds.
Akaev ruled Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until March 2005, when street protests forced him to flee to Russia.
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November 1, 2006Russia’s Prosecutor-General’s Office is asking for an explanation of an alleged visit exiled former media tycoon Boris Berezovsky recently made to Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan’s opposition claims that Berezovsky, who is wanted in Russia on criminal charges he denies, secretly flew into the country from London in July for talks with President Kurmanbek Bakiev.
Bakiev has denied ever meeting with the Russian businessman.
Kyrgyzstan’s 24.kg news agency today reproduced a letter that the head of a Kyrgyz parliamentary commission that is probing Berezovsky’s alleged contacts with Bakiev received on October 20 from Russia.
In it, a senior official with the Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office says Moscow has obtained confirmation that Berezovsky visited Kyrgyzstan for a few hours on July 29.
The official says Kyrgyz authorities did nothing to arrest Berezovsky, thus violating “their international obligations.â€
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October 31, 2006
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