Self-Exiled Former Kyrgyz President's Wife Dies Aged 47

Nazgul Tolomushova, the wife of self-exiled former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev, has died of heart failure at the age of 47 in Belarus and will be buried in Kyrgyzstan. Tolomushova's relatives told RFE/RL that her body was repatriated on January 17. Bakiev, 73, fled Kyrgyzstan for Belarus with members of his family following anti-government protests in 2010. A Bishkek court sentenced him in absentia to life in prison after convicting him of involvement in the killing of almost 100 protesters during the unrest. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, click here.