Russia on Thursday threw its weight behind the provisional Kyrgyz government, which took power in the capital and several regions of the ex-Soviet Central Asian state after two days of violent protests in which 74 people died and more than 500 were injured.
A counter-terrorism operation regime was imposed early on Monday in a street in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia"s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan, a spokesman for the republic"s security service said on Monday.