The November 6th rally outside the 'White House,' the executive office building that was stormed during the revolution of '05.
Well, all is relatively safe and sane here in Bishkek, though it looks like things may come to a head on the 80th anniversary of the October Revolution. President Bakiev and Prime Minister are losing support fast, but you can bet they won't go easy with their corrupt fingers in so many pies here. Rumors are rampant in this country, but one has it that Bakiev siphons off $15 million a month from the country to feed his bulging bank accounts. That's a hard gig to give up, even if that's somewhat overstated. Anyway, my efforts to frantically write up the recent events of the past week were mistakenly erased. So as I rewrite everything, you can get up to speed on the demonstrations by checking out these sites:
a great blog on central asian affairs by an american in Almaty:
http://www.roberts-report.com/
my photo site:
http://public.fotki.com/barentg/november-2nd-opposi/
radio free europe's newsline:
http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2-tca.asp?po=y
akipress in english, the local 'reuters'
http://www.akipress.com/
a frequently updated blog by some local guys:
http://www.kyrgyzreport.com/
more great photos:
here
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