Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010

The change of government in Kyrgyzstan in 2010, the events, the President Kurmanbek Bakiyev claimed the office, his government brought on 7 April 2010 to case, and brought the Kyrgyz interim government to power.

The unrest in Kyrgyzstan grew out of numerous demonstrations, which have become increasingly violent and plunged the country for months in a serious political crisis.

Prehistory

The crisis was triggered by discontent over corruption, rising prices and a lack of government strategies to deal with the consequences of the economic crisis. One-third of the 5.3 million inhabitants of Kyrgyzstan is below the poverty line. Due to the economic crisis, the problems exacerbated by the reduced remittances Kyrgyz workers in Russia.

Both the U.S. and Russia each maintain a military base in Kyrgyzstan. Both bases are located in the north near the capital, Bishkek. Since 1996, the Pentagon is expanding its military presence in Kyrgyzstan under the FMF program ( Foreign Military Funding) continuously.

Course

To power of the transitional government

In demonstrations against the government in April Dozens of people were killed. The chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev, and other opposition activists were arrested. At the same time, then-President Bakiyev imposed in Bishkek and in the north of the country the state of emergency and a curfew.

The opposition announced on April 7, the overthrow of the government and the establishment of a transitional government led by the ex - foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva. President Bakiyev initially refused to resign and fled to the city of Jalalabad, his hometown in the south of the country.

In May fought in Jalalabad, Bakiyev supporters with local Uzbeks.

Overthrow President

A week after the uprising in Kyrgyzstan, the former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced his resignation, and sat down with his family from the neighboring Kazakhstan. After his return was rejected by the parliament, he finally went to Belarus. He and members of his family are wanted for the murder of 87 demonstrators international arrest warrant.