Kyrgyzstan prepares for Russian troops as toll risesMOSCOW/BISHKEK - Officials at a Kyrgyz airport located in the strife-riven southern city of Osh have been ordered to prepare the facility for the arrival of Russian troops, the AKIpress news agency reported Monday. Moscow turns down Kyrgyzstan’s request for help (Second Lead)BISHKEK/MOSCOW - Russia Saturday rejected an appeal from Kyrgyzstan’s interim president for military assistance in quelling rising violence in the Kyrgyz south, where the toll had reached at least 65. Kyrgyzstan clashes toll reaches 37BISHKEK - Authorities in Kyrgyzstan said Friday afternoon that the toll in a night of street violence in the southern city of Osh had risen to at least 37. Kyrgyzstan’s opposition forms iterim govt, dissolves parliament |
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