Russia will provide $50 million in grants and loans to Kyrgyzstan, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday, after members of the interim Kyrgyz government said the Central Asian nation had no money left, Reuters reported.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the amount of aid granted by Moscow to Kyrgyzstan, where the previous government was overthrown last week, could be increased if needed. He said Kyrgyz officials had told him their state coffers were empty.