Russia has been the first country to recognise the new regime amid speculation that it wants the US airbase closed. Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin has spoken to Otunbayeva twice since April 7 and offered financial aid and support. Ms. Otunbayeva visited Moscow earlier this year in January and March. 

Since the days of Akayev, Kyrgyzstan has also allowed US facilities to keep an eye on Xinjiang, via highly sophisticated electronic devices that "peep" into Xinjiang where key Chinese missile sites are located. For centuries, Kyrgyz and Uighur tribes, especially when pressured or harassed by communists in USSR and China, have moved from Kyrgyzstan to Xinjiang and vice versa.

By K.Gajendra Singh

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