Earlier, after Latvian media reported that the deposed president's son, Maksim Bakiyev, was allegedly staying in Latvia, Kyrgyzstan submitted to Latvia's prosecutor general's office a request to detain Maksim Bakiyev. The prosecutor general's office, however, asked for more information, claiming the package of documents it had received was "contradictory and unclear."

Meanwhile, Latvian Interior Minister Linda Murniece said Maksim Bakiyev was highly likely to have left the country. "I am confident in saying that if he were in Latvia, he would have already been detained, because we have conducted a large-scale search operation," she stressed.

Money Gone

Ukraine's National Bank urged other banks across the country to provide information on corresponding account turnover with Kyrgyzstan's Aziauniversalbank over suspicion of possible money-laundering deals by the former Kyrgyz government, the Kommersant-Ukraine newspaper said in its Tuesday issue.

All Ukrainian banks were requested to submit data on all transactions over the period from April 1 through 8, specifying the date, beneficiaries' details and purposes of the transactions. Large-scale transactions had supposedly been made via Aziauniversalbank before the "Kyrgyz Revolution".

According to financial analysts, quoted by Itar-Tass news agency, the funds were most likely transferred via Ukraine as a transit zone, further on across several borders. "Account holders changed in each country, and each country has its own laws, so it will be very difficult to get the money back," they said.