“The revolution has a beginning, // The revolution has no end,” they hum in Kyrgyzstan.
Ten days ago, crowds of dissatisfied with the results of the parliamentary elections broke into the White House - the parliament building, which also houses the office of the country's president.
Since then, the revolution has not declined, it is, rather, growing.
On Thursday, the legitimate president Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned after a closed meeting with the leader of the revolutionaries Sadyr Zhaparov, although he had not thought about it on Thursday morning.
According to him, he was going to resign only three months later, after the re-election.
But Japarov did not want to wait and called on the president to resign.
He heeded the unknown arguments.
The Speaker of the Parliament, who was supposed to be acting president by the Constitution, rejected the overwhelming honor.
Zhaparov said that he is taking on two main positions in the country - prime minister and president.
He has yet to be approved by the parliament in order to become the full-fledged master of Kyrgyzstan, and this act is to be done today (Friday, October 16) or in the coming days.
Japarov did not fall from the moon: he served under President Bakiyev, who was ousted in 2010.
In the aftermath of the 2010 coup, Japarov became a leading anti-corruption fighter - most notably with a related Canadian gold mining company.
He demanded to disclose the list of shareholders of the company, claiming that the Kyrgyz government officials laid their hands on the revenues from gold mining.
The income is considerable: gold mining accounts for 30% of the entire Kyrgyz GDP.
Very little money is deposited in the Issyk-Kul region, where the main Kumtor gold mine is located high in the mountains, and the inhabitants of this region have actively supported and supported Japarov.
The fight against corruption quickly brought him to prison, but (it is not clear how) he fled to Europe, wandered around in various European countries and in 2017 voluntarily returned to Kyrgyzstan to participate in the presidential elections.
Instead of participating in the elections, he was returned to prison, where he remained until the coup d'etat ten days ago, when he was released by the protesters.
The revolution made him prime minister.
Huge rallies of his supporters are taking place in the center of Bishkek (formerly Frunze), and the police are notable for their absence.
His opponents tried to hold a parallel rally 300 meters from the rally of Japarov's supporters, but they attacked and dispersed them, taking advantage of the non-interference of the security forces.
Opponents say that Japarov, while he was in prison, enlisted the support of the Issyk-Kul organized criminal group, headed by the thief in law Kamchy Kolbaev, better known as Kolya Kirgiz.
People's vigilantes guard the houses of citizens, each in his own area, so there are no robberies, but the gangs are burning down shopping centers, and the same vigilantes are engaged in racketeering with might and main: they imposed an impressive tribute on expensive boarding houses and hotels.
Zhaparov settles in.
While he was striving for power, he called for the nationalization of gold mines.
When I got it, I made a full turn around.
There is no need, he says, to nationalize - there is very little gold left.
But there are problems that cannot be easily solved.
The people are dissatisfied with the lawlessness.
“The nineties are back,” they say in the country.
Foreigners also speak openly about the chaos and domination of organized crime groups: the American embassy - directly, the Europeans - veiled.
Russia calls for a return to the legal field, to stop the freedom.
To make the hint clearer, Russia has cut off current funding for Kyrgyzstan - until now, the Russians had to support the country's economy.
People with money and gold rushed in every direction, mainly to neighboring Kazakhstan.
Cars carrying gold bullion are being detained at the checkpoint.
The dollars in the exchangers ran out.
Kyrgyzstan could live modestly but calmly.
There is gold, there is (in calm times) quality tourism.
There is help from Russia.
There are transfers of labor migrants.
And the problem of organized crime is amenable to solution.
It is possible, as 100 years ago, in the 1920s, - with the revolvers of the Chekists, but it is possible - as in Russia of the recent past, where criminals in red jackets and gold chains were given the opportunity to tie up with criminals and take the legal path.
There are options, but in any case, it's time for the Kyrgyz to heed Russia's advice: it's time to return to the path of law and order.
Raged - and will be.
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.