Medvedev to Russian MoD: "take measures" to protect Russians in Kyrgyzstan
Bloomberg reports:
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov to protect Russian citizens and property in Kyrgyzstan, as violence returned to the Central Asian republic after a bloody uprising this month.
Medvedev instructed Serdyukov “to take measures” as incidents of looting increase, the Kremlin said on its Web site today, without elaborating.
"Without elaborating," he said ominously...
Joshua Kucera, a senior correspondent, is Eurasianet's former Turkey/Caucasus editor and has written for the site since 2007.
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