KYRGYZ PREMIER RESIGNS, PRESIDENT FLEES
RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, March 24 (RIA Novosti) - Kyrgyzstan's President Askar Akayev has fled the country, and Prime Minister Nikolai Tanayev applied to resign, Kabar news agency reports with reference to Kurmanbek Bakiev, prominent on the opposition.
Defense Minister Esen Topoyev and Kalyk Amankulov, National Security Service chief, are going on with routine work. General Isakov, parliament member, has been appointed Deputy Defense Minister. Abdylda Suranchiev, previous Deputy Interior Minister, received the ministerial portfolio. Parliamentarian Sultan Alimbayev will lead the ministry with him.
"Things are very complicated, really. There's bad suspense in Bishkek [Kyrgyz capital]," said Mr. Bakiev. He appealed to the public to stay calm, and those who are in the Government House and the square in its front to behave with dignity.
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