El règim d'Akayev també es va veure entelat per suborns, nepotisme i per la sang, sobretot quan sis persones van morir durant un enfrontament entre manifestats i la policia en 2002.
Akayev's regime was also tarnished by graft, nepotism and blood, notably when six people were killed in a standoff between protesters and police in 2002.