[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”22507″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row]Ousted Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev held a presentation of his book in Minsk on Thursday.
“The book by Kurmanbek Bakiyev “Pain, Love and Hope: My Kyrgyzstan”, which was presented in Minsk on Thursday, contains this photo. There is no comment on what they wear, where and when it was taken,” Belarusian journalist and photographer Sergey Grits said on Facebook.
The picture might have been taken at the CIS countries summit in 2006.
[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”22518″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]“As recently as yesterday vatniks [Putin’s fans] wrote that only Banderovites and a**holes wearing vyshyvankas [traditional clothing which contains elements of ethnic embroidery],” a Belarusian said on Twitter.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his brother Zhanybek fled to Belarus after the 2010 revolution. Kurmanbek Bakiyev received political asylum in Minsk, his brother was also seen there in 2012.
In July, 2014 a court in Kyrgyzstan handed down a guilty verdict in absentia to Kurmanbek Bakiyev and sentenced him to life imprisonment for helping mastermind the murder of protesters in 2010. The demonstration, in which 77 people were killed and over 300 injured, led to the deposition of Bakiyev.
The issue of his extradition is regularly raised both by Belarusian and Kyrgyz authorities. Kurmanbek Bakiyev, his life partner and two children arrived in Belarus on personal invitation of Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The former Kyrgyz president was granted Belarusian citizenship in 2010. He reportedly bought a house on the outskirts of Minsk for $2 million.
“The problem of Bakiyev is now no more a problem in our relations,” Lukashenka said at his press conference on December 11, 2012. “Why do you need Bakiyev? The man lives his life. He left. Everything can happen. He raises his children.”[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
