Spokesman for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented to RIA Novosti on the detention of the Kyrgyz musician Vikram Ruzakhunov in Kazakhstan.
«Detention of the Kyrgyz musician in Kazakhstan is an isolated case that does not give rise to doubts about the seriousness of the terrorist threat in the country,» Dmitry Peskov said.
«This means nothing. A single case is not a reason for building some tendencies, especially against the background of such large-scale events that took place a week earlier in Almaty,» he told reporters.
A video was published recently, in which a man says that he came to Kazakhstan to participate in a rally in Almaty. The man was recognized as the head of a jazz orchestra from Bishkek Vikram Ruzakhunov. Earlier, one of the local Kazakh TV channels showed a story, in which one of the detainees said that he came from Kyrgyzstan. The report says that some people called the Kyrgyzstani on January 1 and offered to participate in the rally for $200. He crossed the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border the day before at 6.40 p.m.
«All my evidence in the video is false. Bruises and scratches appeared on January 7, it was a harsh detention with the use of force,» the musician told journalists.
