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19 April - Violent Reaction to Violent Claims…

Posted by Leila | in Protests, Comment, Civil society, NGOs, Politics | on April 23rd, 2007
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This is a translation of Mirulzhan’s post from the Russian version of neweurasia.
The day started as usually, though the opposition leaders claimed that there will be the change of the regime, for the second time. A little bit more than 3.000 people, more than I wrote before, came to the protests. The lunch […]

The third day of protests – the show is going on with more qualitative steps

Posted by Tolkun | in Protests, Revolution fever, Opinion, Politics | on April 13th, 2007
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This is a translation of the post by Mirsulzhan, that originally appeared on the Russian version of neweurasia.
On the first day of the protests - participants slept in tents. They didn’t very much participated in the protest action. Today, it was possible to observe some idle participants being active. The quantity of protesters was almost […]

April 13 – it is not a time for prognosis

Posted by Tolkun | in Protests, Revolution fever, Opinion, Politics | on April 13th, 2007
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This is a translation of the post by Mirsulzhan, that originally appeared on the Russian version of neweurasia.
My teacher on political forecasting believes that “meetings will be finished, as people have not supported Kulov’s team”. You (my teacher) are not forecaster. It seems to me, that meetings will continue and from now on the quantity […]

Impressions of the second day

Posted by Tolkun | in Protests, Revolution fever, Opinion, Politics | on April 12th, 2007
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Unlike yesterday, today the situation was not so tense. I am glad to the fact that there were not any riots or disorders during the night, as it was on March 24, 2005, though there are rumors that some disorder has occurred among the protesters because of the lack of food and sleeping mattresses. […]

Impressions of the first day

Posted by Tolkun | in Protests, Revolution fever, Opinion, Rumours, rumours..., Politics | on April 11th, 2007
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The first day of the protests in Bishkek has passed. Despite the predictions of many people, the day passed comparatively peacefully, without any serious incidents, though the situation during the whole day was really tense. As Mirsulzhan reports, people really don’t know what they are struggling for. They are told that they live in […]

The Outcomes of the First Day: The Failure of the Opposition

Posted by Leila | in Protests, Politics | on April 11th, 2007
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This is a translation of Mirsulzhan’s post.
There were only about two or three thousand people on a meeting. The majority came from other cities and did not understand the oppositions’ demands.
One adult man came from the Bakai-atinski district of Talas region. He was dressed in a warm coat, covered with the flags of […]

11 April, the Day of Peaceful, Constitutional Transfer of Power (F. Kulov)

Posted by Leila | in Protests, Politics | on April 11th, 2007
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This is a translation of Mirsulzhan’s post, who is reporting directly from the protests in Bishkek.
The day has come. I am scared, not for myself, but for my country. I hope everything will be all right, and that there will be no “coup”. If the regime changes today, it will NOT be a revolution, […]

Those who were bought and those who were mislead

Posted by Leila | in Protests, Politics | on April 11th, 2007
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This is a translation of Mirsulzhan’s post, who is reporting directly from the protests in Bishkek.
“If Bakiyev does not answer the requirements of the protesters’ demands, there will be unrest in the city…”, said two young girls on the square, who came from Kara-Balty. One of them added that a deputy (of something […]

Happy April Fool’s Day!

Posted by Tolkun | in Opinion | on April 1st, 2007
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April Fool’s Day is known as one of the most cheerful holidays of the year. On this day, people usually play jokes on each other. An article on Akipress.kg is the best example of this. In an article (ru) that was published on April 1, Akipress says that one of the biggest food […]