Russian Media on Elections

An interesting perspective on the crackdown of numerous Kyrgyz websites is offered by 'Russland.Ru' (A German-speaking internet portal based in Russia):

"The websites of leading [Kyrgyz] news agencies were victim of a (DoS) hacker attack. This has been announced by the state news agency Kaber during a press conference. (...) According to experts, this can be blamed on foreign hackers, aiming at blocking the access to information during the elections in Kyrgyzstan."

I wonder where these 'foreign hackers' sit, and which websites they mean. As for 'gazeta.kg' et al:

"All the very important and indispensable web sites have been closed today," Otunbaeva said. "For instance, the 'Eurasia,' 'Central Asia,' and 'gazeta.kg' web sites." - reports RFE/RL

Another interesting report comes from the Russian news and information agency 'Novosti', boldly headed: "Kyrgyz citizens support ruling parties":

"Kyrgyz citizens have supported the ruling parties in practically all regions. (...) Alga Kyrgyzstan, which had 25 candidates running, came in first in 22 of 75 constituencies."