
Michael McFaul @McFaul
I was deeply involved in talks around these events at the time. I never heard of a Beijing veto. I do know Obama & Medvedev discussed many times. US-Russia cooperation on Kyrgyzstan prevented worst case scenarios like CSTO intervention. That factor obviously not present now — PolitiTweet.org
Sam Greene @samagreene
This is interesting. Kyrgyz President Bakiyev made a similar appeal in (somewhat) similar circumstances in 2010 and… https://t.co/P3E31i0zB9