The unrest in the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan are reported apparently far more dramatic than the official channels. The interim president Rosa Otunbayeva talked about that until now was perhaps ten times more victims than have been reported. The World Health Organization estimates up to a million refugees.

The Kyrgyz interim president Rosa Otunbayeva has rocked the city of Osh attended by violence in the south of the country and said there, the number of fatalities may lie at up to 2000. "We will do everything to rebuild the city," said the bulletproof vest held a Otunbayeva. The UN Security Council called for a "comprehensive and transparent" education of the wave of violence.

"I would take the official figures by ten," said the interim head of government of the Russian newspaper Kommersant. So far, the number of dead had been declared officially at least 191st In the course of her visit to Osh relativized Otunbayeva her testimony, however, saying that the death toll lies "at least twice" about the so far officially listed number There had been many deaths in the country, which had been under local custom still buried before sunset, said Otunbayeva. These dead were reported to the authorities often do not. Nearly 2,000 people were injured from all evidence in the fighting between Kyrgyz and Uzbek members of the minority.

The resolution for the UN Security Council was prepared by the U.S. together with the current leadership of Kyrgyzstan and placed in the highest UN body. The Decision states that the Kyrgyz government to ensure that the accountable for the deaths of people responsible to justice. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, evaluated the decision as a sign of rapid action by the UN Security Council.

Russia decided after all to a limited military operation in Kyrgyzstan. "Russian soldiers are guarding certain strategic locations in Kyrgyzstan", Otunbayeva said on state radio on Friday. "This decision has been taken to ensure the safety of these facilities." After the start of the clashes between Kyrgyz and ethnic minority of Uzbeks living in Kyrgyzstan, Russia Otunbayeva had about a week ago asked for military assistance. This claim was supported by the leadership in Moscow, however, rejected on the ground that it is in the conflict an internal affair of Kyrgyzstan.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates the number of those affected by the crisis now on up to a million. Thereafter, up to 300,000 people could become refugees leaving the country, and up to 700,000 people internally displaced. The Central Asian republic has over five million inhabitants.