More on ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan

Here's an English language Reuters video and article on the ethnic clashes outside of Bishkek. I'd read elsewhere (can't remember where) that the Russians, knowing that the Turks were the focus of the crowd, painted "Russians" on their doors to keep the looters out... These two articles make the spraying of "Russians" on the doors out to be something a little different. where lies the truth?