Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke...

Bakiyev called Putin on Wednesday evening.

The press service has not given details of the telephone conversation with Bakieyev or any details on the meeting with Atambayev.

Last week, Putin already spoke with the opposition-nominated premier, Roza Otunbayeva. She said the interim government had complete control over the situation in Kyrgyzstan.

The Russian government has expressed readiness to provide aid to Kyrgyzstan"s interim government. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday Russia would give Kyrgyzstan a $20 mln grant and a $30 mln concessional loan to help stabilize the economic situation in the ex-Soviet republic after the recent riots.

In a speech at the Brookings Institute on April 14 in Washington, where Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was on an official visit to attend an international nuclear security summit, he described the situation in Kyrgyzstan as "close to a revolution."

"The risk of Kyrgyzstan splitting into two parts

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