Russian President points out risk of Kyrgyzstan`s disintegration.

WASHIGNTON, April 14 (Itar-Tass) - Kyrgyzstan, which has been swept by
unrest and instability for about two weeks by now, runs a real risk of
splitting into the North and South, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said
Tuesday in a speech at the Brookings Institution's center for political
studies.
Medvedev admitted that the situation in Kyrgyzstan is extremely
difficult these days.
"Kyrgyzstan is once again going through a phase of illegitimate
development and unfortunately the authorities that failed to take steps
towards consolidating society bear the brunt of responsibility for what's
happening, for the inability to come to terms with the opposition and for
the poor handling of affairs in the economy, " he said.
Medvedev recalled that the former President of the Central Asian
country, Askar Akayev had also been replaced by the opposition, which
charged him with economic crimes and corruption.
"Several years have passed and now we see, in essence, the same
slogans and the same people, with the only difference that they have
changed places," Medvedev said.
He said he would not like to see Kyrgyzstan turn into a failed state.
"The risk of its split into the North and the South is realistic now
and the main thing is to prevent a civil war," Medvedev said.
"If the war does begin, the niche it will produce will attract
terrorists and extremists of every description and a second Afghanistan
may emerge instead of Kyrgyzstan then," he said.
"Our task is to help our Kyrgyz partners in finding the calmest
possible way out of the situation," Medvedev indicated. "And some of the
political leaders will have to make decisions on their own political
destiny, which will be dictated by the interests of the Kyrgyzstani
people."