Kyrgyz President’s Whereabouts in Question With Country in Chaos
- Official says president missing and borders shut: Interfax
- Close ally Russia is backing acting head of security council
Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Photographer: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty Images
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A top Kyrgyz security official said Thursday he can’t find the president, three days after protesters stormed the parliament and brought down the government, although his office said he’s still in charge.
President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and Prime Minister Kubatbek Boronov have not been seen since the elections on Sunday, security council official Omurbek Suvanaliyev said, according to Interfax. The country’s borders have been shut, he added.