INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kyrgyzstan's climbing federation said Friday that it has removed a Ukrainian flag from a mountain named after Russian President
climbing partner had been interviewed, but not charged, by city police, despite earlier police suggestions that the perpetrators could be
members of the mountain climbing federation of the former Soviet republic took down the flag on Thursday and replaced it with a Kyrgyz
Kyrgyz flags should fly on Kyrgyz mountains, of that I am sure," Kubatov said via telephone.The government of mountainous, impoverished
Kyrgyzstan is a loyal ally of Russia's, although even here there have been signs of discomfort over Moscow's war in Ukraine and the strident
used to pump up support for its forces fighting in Ukraine, where the symbol has been seen on Russian military uniforms and
revolution the year before.
