There is no real support of Russia among the Kyrgyz speaking population. Mostly Russia is supported by those who went through their education system which is quite good and even the best. Well, of course there are drawbacks like in every system, but if we speak only about education, Russia knows things better. There are many Kyrgyz in the Northern part of our country that study in Russian and even if they don’t like how difficult it is or how bad the attitude might be toward them, they still listen to what Russia says as the example of perfection.
That’s why we have the conflict between North and South, South doesn’t
speak Russian or very few speak. The leader of the Southern region was Bakiev and his presidency is remembered because he ended the preference towards North. The capital Bishkek is situated in North. The Southern Kyrgyz were discriminated and some people think that Bakiev was taken down because of Northern group of influential people. When media talked about April 2010 it was one-sided and reflected the interests of the North. 86 people died as reported, but many people died in other regions too as a result of opposition attacks on administration. They took off everybody who was related to Bakiev and put their own people. Thousands died and the destinies of many were destroyed.