News dissemination in Kyrgyzstan

First of all, thanks to my former colleagues at openDemocracy.net for plugging in yesterday's news.

Nathan has - as usual - the best roundup of events unfolding.

Some tidbits:

A friend of mine from Bishkek sends the following story:

YOUNG PEOPLE READING NEWS BRIEF FROM THE SOUTH PREPARED BY AZIZA ABDIRASULOVA AND SPREAD BY KELKEL ON THE MAIN SQUARE IN BISHKEK (10,000 COPIES TOTAL) IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION THAT THE STATE MEDIA SO CAREFULLY HIDES FROM EYES AND EARS OF ITS MULTI-MILLION AUDIENCE.

PEOPLE LOOK TENSE AS THEY READ ABOUT THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

MANY APPRECIATE THE NEWS BRIEF BEING PREPARED BOTH IN KYRGYZ AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES