"A bunch of irresponsible adventurers and plotters..."

This is sad and a bit funny:

Kyrgyzstan's Akayev says he has not resigned - agency
MOSCOW, March 25 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's outsted President Askar Akayev on Friday confirmed he had left the country but said he had not resigned and accused the opposition of a coup. "An anti-constitutional coup d'etat took place in the republic," Akayev said in a statement sent by email to Kyrgyz news agency Kabar and posted on its Web site (www.kabar.kg).

"A bunch of irresponsible adventurers and plotters has taken the path of seizing power with force." Akayev, who fled Bishkek on Thursday when thousands of opposition supporters stormed government headquarters in the capital Bishkek, said he had ordered his forces not to use force against protesters and had temporarily left the country to avoid more violence.

"Under the circumstances I decided to temporarily leave the country to avoid bloodshed." But he said he had not resigned and planned to return to Kyrgyzstan at some stage. "An attempt to deprive me of my presidential duties through unconstitutional means is a state crime," he said. "My current stay outside the country is temporary."

"I urge all people, who took the criminal path, to return the situation back to where it was, to restore the constitutional order," Akayev said. It was not clear to where Akayev had fled but some news reports say he is in neighbouring Kazakhstan.

Some of those quotations seem like they could be pulled from a fictional account of a delusional, deposed dictator. Poor Askar; it's been a quick fall from his perch as "most democratic leader in Central Asia" to ex-dictator on the lam in an undisclosed location.