The BBC News website spoke to people across Kyrgyzstan to find out if they thought the "tulip revolution" had changed things.

Burul Usmanalieva Bishkek "It's too early to judge success" Abdimomun Joldoshov Osh "Almost nothing has changed" Daniel Matkasymov Jalalabad "There is more freedom now"

Kyialbek Toksonbaev Bishkek "Same old politics, different people" Diloram Khamidova Osh "We have been disappointed" Minavar Akhmedova Karasu "The country is poverty-stricken"