Less sensationally... news roundup

After the high drama and scandal of the previous post, the regular news bulletin seems positively prosaic. Still, for those people feigning a polite interest:

Sergei Zelyuk of Birge! has an article entitled "Youth and the Constitution" in the online version of ResPublica, which has been one of Kyrgyzstan's main independent newspapers for a considerable time.

One of ResPublica's journalists has come up with a wonderful word for the style of politics in Kyrgyzstan at the moment: штурмократия ("shturmokratiya" - roughly translated into English it would be "storming-ocracy", which sounds like a 1950s comic book expletive, or possibly more punningly, democracy by storm - you get the gist). Article link here, and no doubt I'll be using this word shortly...

RFE/RL has an article on north-south divisions in Kyrgyzstan and how (if at all) Bakiev and Kulov's joint run for the presidency has affected relations.

Returning to the wonders of the Komsomolka, they have a light-hearted article about the protests in Bishkek that more seriously picks up on the north-south divide in terms of the south being seen as the driving force behind events in an effort to gain power. The tone is tongue-in-cheek, but it's worth a read, if only for how evocative the style is - shades of Klara Novikova...

Kommersant has an article about allegations that Akaev and his supporters were behind the attempted storming of the White House last Friday.

MosNews also covers the story, but prefers to put the accent on Akaev's denial of his, or his family's involvement in the "political performance".

Finally, it looks like Akaev will be questioned by Kyrgyzstani investigators, or at least, people have flown to Moscow in the hope of doing so, reports the Globe and Mail of Canada.

Over and out.