Kyrgyz leader cancels Russia visit, cites riot threat ahead of election
Atambayev
Kyrgyz?President Almazbek Atambayev had been due to attend a meeting of presidents of former Soviet republics in?Russia on Oct.11-12, his office said in a statement
KyrgyzPresident Almazbek Atambayev on Monday cancelled a planned visittoRussiathis week, citing athreatof violentriots in the run-up to and during the central Asian state's presidentialelectiondue on Oct. 15.
Atambayev had been due to attend a meeting of presidents of former Soviet republics inRussia on Oct.11-12, his office said in a statement.
Kyrgyzstan's state security service last month detained a lawmaker who backs opposition presidential candidate Omurbek Babanov and accused the member of parliament of plottingriots and a violent coup.
"Taking into account the uncovered facts of massriots involving criminals being planned for electionday by certain politicians, and with such politicians receiving financial support from abroad, the president has decided to cancel his workingvisitin order to personally ensure order and security in the country," Atambayev's office said in a statement.
Atambayev did not name the country he says he is supporting his opponents, but last month his government accused neighbouring Kazakhstan of backing Babanov and thus meddling in Kyrgyzstan's domestic affairs.
Kazakhstan, which is much larger and more prosperous thanKyrgyzstan, has denied those accusations.
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Atambayev, who has pulledKyrgyzstan intoRussia's orbit during his six years in power, is preparing to step down as the constitution bars him from seeking a second term at the helm of the mostly Muslim nation of six million people.
Atambayev's Social Democratic party, which currently heads a coalition government, is backing his ally, former prime minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov, in the presidential race.