Kyrgyz press disclosed business ties of Lukashenka and Bakiyev

Deliveries of sugar from Belarus to Kyrgyzstan gave millions of revenues to Belarusian and Kyrgyz governments and their entourage, the press states.

In view of recent developments related to Kyrgyzstan, one of peculiar reasons for friendly sheltering of Kurmanbek Bakiyev in Belarus could be noted, writes a Kyrgyz publication "Case number..." (a link to this information has been douns by a blogger lipkovich.livejournal.com).

Thus, in 2009- 2010 almost all sugar import (about 80,000 tons annually) to Kyrgyzstan were made from Belarus.

From the Kyrgyz side sugar import was controlled by the Bakiyevs family and an adventurous deputy of the parliament Sergei Ibragimov, through imposed quotas on sugar import.

In Belarus, as noted by "Case number...", sugar export is totally controlled by the state, which also symbolises control over every business which brings millions of benefits to one person or his friends.

In this connection concrete preconditions of "hospitality" of the Belarusian ruler and offering an asylum to the ousted Bakiyev are outlined.

It would be appropriate to recall a quote from the saga about mafia: "It's nothing personal, it's strictly business" and suppose there is not only ideological brotherhood between Lukashenka and Bakiyev in their struggle for totalitarian regimes, but to a much extend struggle for lost profits from sugar business, the Kyrgyz source notes.

We remind that Kurmanbek Bakiyev stays in Blearus since April 19. The decision to offer him political asylum was adopted by Alyaksandr Lukashenka personally. It caused protest of the new government of Kyrgyzstan and the families of the killed protesters, at whom Bakiyev ordered to open fire. Pickets are held near the Embassy of Belarus in Bishkek constantly. The new government of Kyrgyzstan demands to extradite Bakiyev to his country, however the Belarusian authorities refuse to do that.

It is known that Bakiyev with one of his inofficial wives and children lives in Lukashenka's residence in Drazdy or in Berezensky natural reserve.