Bakiyev in Belarus

Though the last I heard he was still insisting he was the democratically elected President of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, has decided to take up asylum in that citadel of democracy, Belarus. That eminent democrat Alexander Lukashenko, so beloved of those folks who still miss Stalin even though he was a little soft at times, says he'll be safe there.

I imagine he will. No color revolutions in Minsk. Color is the enemy of the state. There's probably a Yakov Smirnoff joke here but I can't think of one right now.