* Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has accepted acting prime minister Omurbek Babanov’s resignation, the presidential press service said on Saturday.
RUSSIA
* A Russian Navy group has visited Japan’s naval base Maizuru and is on its way to the home port of Vladivostok, a Pacific Fleet spokesman said on Saturday.
* Eduard Limonov, leader of the unregistered Other Russia party, was released along with some 30 other participants in a protest rally at Moscow’s Triumfalnaya Square, a city police spokesman said on Saturday.