INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Police in Kyrgyzstan said Thursday they were investigating reports that a Ukrainian flag was planted atop a mountain named in honor of
Russian leader Vladimir Putin.A Twitter user identifying as a climber posted on Tuesday a video of a Ukrainian flag flying next to a plaque
after they climbed the peak and filmed it on a telephone," the police spokesman told AFP.The spokesman said the perpetrators of the crime
had been questioned by police Thursday and said she was due for a police interview on Friday.She added that people charged with removing the
flag from Peak Putin had been in contact with the pair to ask how to get up the mountain.Previously unnamed, "Peak Putin" took the Russian
leader's name in 2011 as Kyrgyzstan's ties with Moscow strengthened after a revolution that occurred the year before.Russia's first
