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The downfall of Mr Bakiyev seems to have opened a new rift between Kyrgyzstan and its neighbours.

The Kremlin's leaders do not seem to have offered Mr Bakiyev asylum in Moscow, as they did to his predecessor.

Mr Bakiyev disappointed many of his supporters by not living up to his promises of democracy and political reform.

Opposition politicians were quick to blame Kyrgyzstan's president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, for the murder, a charge denied by his office.

President Bakiyev fled to the Jalalabad region after deadly protests swept the country Wednesday and is said to be rallying supporters.

Mr Bakiyev's departure aggravated the anxieties felt by both of the peoples there: that in a vacuum, the other side would seize power.

But many of her colleagues accuse America of having pandered to Mr Bakiyev's corrupt and dictatorial whims in exchange for access to Manas.

Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva, the former foreign minister, demanded the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev Thursday.

I should tell the truth because those forces have been formed up by Bakiyev's family, his brother and other allies.

The interim government has blamed ex-President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who was ousted in a popular uprising in April and now lives in exile.

Russia also has a military base in the country and had tried to get a second under Bakiyev.

Speaking from a parliament building, Otunbayeva demanded the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who has fled the capital.

Kyrgyzstan's opposition has proclaimed an interim government to replace the administration of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

Several times since April there have been clashes between government forces and Bakiyev loyalists.

Mr. Bakiyev appointed a prominent opposition leader, who was released from prison on Thursday, as the new security chief.

In the afternoon, the president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, imposed a curfew on Bishkek and three regions in the north and centre of the country.

Russia, after all, had just connived in the unconstitutional overthrow of Kurmanbek Bakiyev, a dictatorial president.

Otunbayeva, a former foreign minister, declared herself the country's interim leader after President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted in April.

Bakiyev left Thursday without his brother, who headed the presidential security service and faces murder charges.

The State Department said U. S. officials met with Mr. Bakiyev's foreign minister in Washington Thursday.

Rather than flags and banners Mr Bakiyev's enraged opponents carried staves, clubs and baseball bats.

This was how Russia helped turn public sentiment against Bakiyev.

It also isn't clear what, if any, platform unites Kyrgyzstan's new leaders, other than a deep dislike for Mr. Bakiyev.

Speaking to supporters in the village of Teyit, Mr. Bakiyev, said there is an attempt to divide the country between north and south.

Mr Bakiyev hails from the south of the country. His stronghold was in Jalal-Abad, where he still has many supporters.

But some of them yes, they have probably have sympathies [to Bakiyev].

On June 9, 2006, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council met with Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in Zhongnanhai.

Bakiyev fled the country in April after bloody protests in the capital, Bishkek.

Opposition leaders say they are negotiating with the government and demanding the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

When the southern Mr Bakiyev came to power he appointed a northern prime minister, Feliks Kulov, in an effort at inclusion.

But the real show was in the south, where Mr Bakiyev fled with his entourage, taking brief refuge in his family stronghold.

But Mr. Bakiyev told Russia's Ekho Moscow radio station that he wouldn't give up his post.

Another sticking point was Mr. Bakiyev's demands that he leave with his family, some of whom occupied important positions in the government.

Last year Mr Bakiyev promised Russia it would be closed and was promised aid.

Mr. Bakiyev's son and heir apparent, Maksim, had been scheduled to take part in those meetings but didn't, U. S. officials said.

Last year corruption in impoverished Kyrgyzstan fed a rebellion that ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.