World Press: Kremlin Loses Another Friend

The answer to the question of "Who is next?", has dominated with comments suggesting "Moscow is loosing its friends one after the other."

Apart from Kyrgyzstan’s neighboring countries , Armenia was mentioned as next possible stop on velvet revolution trail. The headline of the French newspaer "Liberation" read, "Putin loses his friends" and wrote, "the democratic revolution has expanded in the countries of the former Soviet Union." Austria’s newpaper "Die Presse" made similar comments and referred to the event as "Domino effect in their ow back yard."

The Spanish El Pais pointed out that the incidents in Bishkek are similar to the ones that occurred in Georgia and the Ukraine and said it was"a serious warning to Russia." The British press, on the other hand, preferred the use of the ‘domino effect" expression. A commentary in the Times noted the existence of two military bases just 35 km apart from each other in Kyrgyzstan. The Guardian reported the event under the headline "One more gap in Putin’s Pro-Soviet Vision." The Russian media published news of the events with regard to Kyrgyzstan and referred to it with, "The Tulip Revolution Reaches Kyrgyzstan. Who is the next country?"