RIA Novosti reports:
"The Russian embassy in Kyrgyzstan is extremely concerned over reports lately from Russian citizens and ethnic Russians [with Kyrgyz citizenship] in regard to particular forces attempting to intensify the interethnic situation in the country," the Russian embassy statement said.
The diplomat said people express concerns over "just walking down the streets."
I've been a skeptic of the alarmist reports that Russia is somehow scheming nefariously to gain control over Kyrgyzstan, but Georgians will tell you, recalling the situations in Abkhazia and South Osssetia, if Russia starts handing out passports, then start to worry...
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