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if. you. are and. how will he handle welcome to spotlight the interview show at r.t. i'm going off and today my guests on the program is item by the. last april the popular arrest which was later called the killed his revolution overthrew the existing president by a key if he was forced to flee if our refuge in minsk russia where he lives now the new people in charge of the country declared that their country would become a parliamentary republic actually the first one in the region where most countries

are ruled by authoritarian regimes how are their coping today how is the revolution how's the transformation period going on i guess to answer all these questions is the prime minister to stand back at them by. a year ago the curate his people to the streets to say no to the president and the government but peaceful demonstrations drew violent when the police opened fire and almost a hundred people died in the uprising after the president fled the country the new leaders declared the country a parliamentary republic russia europe and the u.s. have all supported the new government. thank you for coming to our program alone glad to meet you they need to look at we're going back to the events of a year ago were you surprised then by such

a sweeping fall of your former president and his regime. the let me know. because you know the opposition were waiting for it or because he expected it to happen that. we knew the regime was wrong that that it was kept alive through violence and it had lost the trust of the people that. the last actions of the authorities accelerated their regimes fall within the for example all the opposition leaders were arrested overnight oh well if they did it up by the. including you yes including me you were arrested right at the beginning of those events yes and the rebels helped you get out after the one. where were you held the. night before five am i was held in solitary confinement at the national security service building and then for some reason i was moved to

the cells of the city administration when certain of the ferrous which is actually a prison. right but it was really strange and i was told it was illegal without the necessary documentation the rest of the prisoners who were left there in the now i was imprisoned with a real criminals that will only go so that's what were your feelings when you found yourself in prison when outside there was the revolution going on did you feel hurt because you couldn't participate more maybe you felt safe with it yeah. well i was speaking at the door all the time and probably seeing swear words if you tell the truth that that it will look demanding to let me free because that will encourage shooting and it was scary by then well i knew that the regime was capable of anything and that probably people were dying at that moment you have to so i tried to get out of there with reports that it was i thought that maybe i could

help maybe i could settle the situation so that it would not lead to bloodshed it will occur with looks. and you know the prison guards came up to me from time time to. and it seemed that they even wanted to let me go when you belittle the law and then they realized that. i think they didn't know who would win it and could not decide whether to let me go or not share with unfortunately happened that way it was mortal or was there to cover when i was arrested on the night of the sixth of april in the city were taunting vestibule and he's bosses in the security service they should not arrest me because you know there may be protests people may stand up to protect me there could be a good source. but it's a cruel opposition leaders had demonstrated a trolley step they knew how to manage

a ground and an event involving a lot of people peacefully. but they would not listen i'm going to put out there they said that on the contrary and nobody would come to my rescue when you come when you know when you put it in is a result of that is it true that your arrests and other leaders worked as an accelerator. good right now they have not arrested you was there a chance to settle things down peacefully even if we had not managed to settle down there would not have been blood or we would not let them shoot it we hope we would have never brought people to be shot well it's been exactly a year since the killed these revolution in april last year a wave of mass park and rest swept president bakiev from power and he's here more on the case of his revolution and its consequences for the spotlight's demeter. and april last year thousands of

protesters took to the streets of bishkek they accused president on monday but taking his grip on authority oppressing opponents and failing to root out corruption. demonstrators were confronted by the police violent clashes resulted in more than eighty people were killed and fifteen hundred injured the opposition eventually managed to assume control of the army and police president bakiev had to flee the country a provisional government was formed with roza otunbayeva former foreign minister at its head while the country was waiting for a referendum on a new constitution more blood was spelt ethnic clashes between courage is and those bags broke out in the southern regions of the country hundreds were killed and hundreds of thousands had to flee their homes eventually curtis troops managed to curb the ethnic violence at the referendum the majority of the people voted in

favor of a new constitution and supported turn in the country into a parliamentary state three months after the coup roza otunbayeva was officially sworn in as president she became central asia is first female head of state although only for an interim period until two thousand and twelve parliamentary elections were held in kurdistan in october last year international observers described them as and most democratic in the country's history the changes in kurdistan were welcomed in the west last month president. received the international whaling of courage award given out by the u.s. state department. you're now in moscow and it's probably and meaning for you to answer such a question because no less a year ago there were rumors that the uprising was inspired by moscow and almost

organized from moscow was there a factor of influence from abroad was there such a factor in the revolution. no absolutely not just an arsonist condition there was no influence from moscow. either through official or unofficial channels . i mean both the staff of the russian embassy with you know the other issue people who would meeting with us be good at that you don't have to look for encouragement from moscow in this kind of situation it was a popular uprising ok people just had no choice. thirty three would you say that it was the people's uprising and there was no other option but what about today. let's take the revolutions that take place in north africa and the middle east for example which you many say that those countries with their cultural history and traditions cannot exist within the framework of a classical western democracy who thought you need an autocracy to manage this kind

of system is there any truth to that or is it clear how doctors say. it was. but you probably know that the truth has many faces but i think people should know they can influence the government's decisions like. that and it and even change it in the. when any country plus we authorities or it is seen people for forty years and people realize that aris no way to change the situation peacefully and ensure that when the people come out into the street. the same thing happen in our country that the a little aura three of us have been in their police only for five years it was that which you know that half a year before those events in april there was an election but in reality it was falsified and people understood that they would not change anything like you by

means of peaceful booting or an election the police or that's the main problem of such countries where there is an uprising which cancer bloodshed. if a country does not want a revolution then people must have the right to kill to make any changes that would work is a mini peaceful way i means of voting so that the situation was so huge that officially leader was the key of it whereas in reality there were his relatives and other people in power that were the clan of ikea he left you know the parliamentary place the strong president's room where year on we're going we say that the new form of ruling parliamentary rule has proved it works in the region where traditionally it has never existed. you know if you stand there has always been a look at the let's call it and the man able to more recently did a given leaders of regional stability were elected by voting with

a new will instead of those people as there was still no such a level of a couple in comparison to other republics self central asia with but that you know killed you stand there has never been a centralized power you could have done your beloved we had in america democracy in the meno decision city council of elders and plans. to study cages have known but the parliamentary principles for a long time as well as the tradition to have consultations and while making the most important decisions in the edition you label it will be in other countries but it will look al you know what infinity stand for the past five years the president we saw that you know talk received he's out of place here and you will have this thing of course i can't say that today's constitution is the best it gets the temporary condition that we need more reforms in changes and improvements in time.

recently russian politicians started criticizing your republic. to do in deputies. and of the son of say that in kyrgyzstan the same story seems to be repeating with easy certain politicians are only concerned with their own interests like we could see a year ago. stand with these words addressed to your own vice prime minister mr bond. is that correct and if so can you comment on it. you know a few days later after one of the deputies study taps. he offered an apology it's above on of it's official and it's been published on the internet and in some newspapers but what was the problem where does this come from you know there is a fight between two groups who consider themselves the owners of mega com so there

are these two companies and both are offshore and you can't trace their origins before they went offshore whether they were russian companies originally or if they come from some other country where you could put it to me as the prime minister doesn't really matter who's the owner. of the main thing to me is that this company should pay taxes in due time that and as it's true that your country wants to nationalize the company why would we need to do that. with my support through civilised approach that is solving issues in accord with what they would have. to offshore companies with which i started lutetia. but what's important for us is that they pay taxes and the dividends to kyrgyzstan because we own forty nine percent of the stock that those who have let us that i get a present evidence shows that pretending to be unstable becomes. any money just the

huge illegal peanuts we were but how ever the people who were peed but it killed some of them were paid up to million dollars little the lot of those people see that they did not see the money and you think you can even get the payments were files that it would last for the owners of those folks and if we don't there are fifty one percent of the let them decide on the room. says i was somebody of the prime minister can distract the spotlight and will go back shortly afterward take a break so stay with us don't look. twenty years ago in the largest country in the disintegrators.

see. what had been to the beach began a journey. where did it take. to. see. if. the. back to spotlight on our love and just a reminder that my guest today is i'll miss baker to my of the prime minister of canada. this was a. time by of about the scandal surrounding russian aircraft fuel shipments to the u.s. air force base in manassas. we all know that rents for them on us base constitutes

an important source of income for carriers down the hole that this scandal let me remind you broke out when it was discovered that russia's acquired their craft fuel from its refinery a discount prices but the fuel was then sold to the us air force at full price profits were made. russia then decided to adjust the price. is that true and how did the price adjustment effect scariest down. with the well actually these shipments were used by the families of both presidents in their enrichment schemes . president archives family was involved in the first one president but use family and the other. son maksim but kiefer was clearly involved in. russian aircraft fuel. reaks porter ticket us human. youssou russia's move to introduce an export duty for all types of fuels and lumber comes cheap to

kyrgyzstan since was april but was only natural. if they did they get. it your hard it cost us more than two hundred million dollars that's a huge film yes of course well last year when i was in the interim government for three months but even the we do cup on ourselves the obligation to shut down that scheme and stop there we accept board of russian aircraft fuel from could you stand it because we have achieved our goal by creating a joint venture between the stand and russia's biggest prize. so half of the aircraft fuel shipments to the manasseh arab peace will now be carried out of that company in the end we are actually thinking of bringing the other half of the shipments put it through that company to put it to the goal was to stop theory export and it was stopped and now i believe the export duties that i mentioned

earlier should be canceled. so they're promising to use the duty cycle that russia just wanted to organize these shipments properly. yes in russia had the right to do . this russia continued to try to influence your position on the existence of the base and there have been disagreements between russian bishkek in the past they've been settled or they still there was a good. signal well you know things like that can always be settled by the goes. especially considering that russia it's so funny it's the manasse are being asked to be there for a variety of reasons with that but i believe with one thing it helps when teen control in afghanistan is that the sides of the russian and used governments are cooperating now. i know the even sign an agreement on transit across russia

serious space but who are shipments from the u.s. to nasa. so we don't have any problems there the go war the least agreement voted base signed by president bakiev expires in twenty fourteen so in the future we would like to retain the b.s. that it and make it a hub for cargo and passenger a transit that russia and other countries would use. it to be that of but we want to truly know to remain functional in the future but at the end we are now negotiating on that negotiating with the russian government first and foremost. i have another question for you about foreign policy. president lucas senco of belarus is still giving you refuse to kurdistan former president this leads to

conflict of interest naturally does kerry get stern still want deleuze to extract it and it's about kiev and how does all that affect your relations with belarus. well of course we still want by kiev to be turned over to kyrgyzstan as we have to remember that eighty seven people were killed when his government gave the criminal order to open fire on civilians at that and in addition to that some people died in the hospital later. but we can't mix up apples and oranges what i mean is that our stance on the question of by peeves extradition shouldn't affect our relations with bellerose too much because you know guinea accession to the customs union is currently one of getting the stance of the strategic goals when you think that will happen can you give us any specific dates. you. have already made some

progress towards that with them for example we now have an observer or a representative of the in the customs union council and if russia gains accession to the w t o this year well as it is planned then we won't have any problems joining the customs union i told. because the only thing in our way now is the fact that if you do stand as a w t o member in the end it would cause a problem for it w t o member to join the customs union with you to tear of differences but if russia does try in the w t o and i know that the government is working on it there intensely at the moment and the hopes are high then we won't have any problems at all. but he. and his supporters are accused of sparking off a bloody ethnic conflict and kerry gets down south in two thousand and ten. you can't respect the of presently but have any other suspects on the case being tried

and punished well but you snafu has been arrested him through trial actually we have about one hundred trials currently underway here in the paper on those charges yes because we know that he was very active during the riots his name is sunshine but he if. you have called nationalism one of our times major threats tell me do you think that bloody ethnic clashes are still possible in our times. you know or were you referring to political lashley as an option no i don't think clashes can occur in the nationalism is a manage for any multinational country is better to take preventive measures and keep it in mind when looking to stand as a country of many nations and we need to work a shadow of the problem up to with the cause behind the nationalist movements in kurdistan can you give us some names. well i think people of that sort can be found

in any country that i. have asked niki shoes. that is the reason the become nationalists more hardcore patriots but that it would now they worth mentioning by name i doubt it. god created all people as equals and men who respect themselves and believe in god have to understand that. we are equal gardley somewhere a skin color or the sheeple where our eyes. which we speak those that live will go with you contradict yourself when you call nationalism a serious problem and then say these people are not worth mentioning. that well you see the do you see the contradiction i just don't want to give them publicity in our country thank god there are not as high prof file as him and you know people

are started as a nationalist so we should not advertise their names. another quote than this time i see a still general secretary neko i do the real story he says when the grave is president was in office this is thirty structures controlled and exploited drug trafficking because your government managed to change the situation because. not the security structures are much rather big plant but with two years before brekky you cerise you must topple well ladies banded the whole drug control surface. but think of that with. the money from drug trafficking goes straight into the families pockets or did contribute to the economy. of course it went straight into the pockets of the family and the traffickers that was the reason why during last year's advance in the southern kyrgyzstan hated it was able to use their roots drug smugglers

years to move. between g.q. stand and you stand up in way yes the traffic is still a problem but we're working on it where the only drug control services of kyrgyzstan and russia recently you sign an agreement carter a shit third myth that i would put in russia even allocated some funds who are us but it only you know there was this russia is interested in starting to drug flow across kyrgyzstan here because eventually they go to russia but with a good so we look at have to working with russia and we expect that this cop aeration will be very productive space or space and those are thank you very much for being with us in just a reminder that my guest on the show today was. at home by the prime minister of killing his staff and that's it for now from all of us here at spotlight will be back with more first time comment i was going on in another thread russia until then stay in writing and take.

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