We are still witnessing the aftermath of the Fall of the Sowjet Empire. After the governments of two other former Soviet states, Georgia and Ukraine, were toppled we can now witness a revolution in another former Sowjet state. This time it is Kyrgyzstan whose government was toppled by popular uprisings.
The Eastern Europe democratisation wave could not be stopped from going into Asia !
" The opposition in Kyrgyzstan says it has taken control of the capital, Bishkek, after overrunning the president's palace.
Protesters confronted supporters of President Askar Akayev before flooding into government offices.
A prominent Kyrgyz opposition leader, Felix Kulov, appeared live on television after being freed from jail.
State television, which appears to have fallen to opposition supporters, announced the government had collapsed."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4379441.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4379441.stm
Originally posted by ivanhoeIt's that damned "bush" doctrine. "If you show yourselves as friends of Democracy... We stand with you."
We are still witnessing the aftermath of the Fall of the Sowjet Empire. After the governments of two other former Soviet states, Georgia and Ukraine, were toppled we can now witness a revolution in another former Sowjet state. This time it is Kyrgyzstan whose government was toppled by popular uprisings.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4379441.stm
From one of the very greatest "state of the union speeches ever".