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$ v& w% w$ t. Q9 x7 |+ z2 O* k公仔箱論壇This incident has all the ingredients of ethnic conflicts, dirty politics and wars of the powers, in this case Russia and the US. The ousted president Bakiyev, who came to power in 2005 after the tulip revolution, has been accused of nepotism. Although he assumed the office of president under the banner of democracy, he soon was accused of rigging the election, appointing family members in key government positions. Kyrgyzstan is a destitute, landlocked mountainous nation of around five million people. The corruption, failure of economic policy and the jump in oil prices, which in part due to Russia levying high tariff on fuel exported to Kyrgyzstan as a retaliation to Bakiyev's position to the US, are the main reasons for the coup. The crux of dispute between the powers is the Manas airbase which is of strategic importance to both US's war in Afghanistan and Russian influence in Asia. Some suspect the present interim Otunbayeva government received Russian help in staging the successful coup. The ethnic minority, Uzbeks, who wanted to annex to neighboring Uzbekistan actually found support in the pro-Bakiyev counter-revolutionary movement in southern Kyrgyzstan. Democracy has become a cliche which is devoid of meaning. Power wrangling and selfish motives are still the main undercurrent in international politics. |