Jusupbek Bakiev, President Kurmanbek Bakiev\'s brother, has stepped down from the position of deputy director of the Agency for Community Development and Investment. In an interview with akipress.org on 17 January, the younger Bakiev stressed that he was offered the position through the World Bank, not through any help from his brother, but said that he resigned after charges of nepotism surfaced in the press. \"I don\'t want to play into the hands of those who wish the president ill and envy him,\" Bakiev said. He noted that he stepped down from the position of deputy governor of Jalal-Abad province after his brother was elected president in 2005 to avoid \"incorrect understanding of my work in the executive branch.\" Ferghana.ru reported that two of President Bakiev\'s other brothers, Adyl and Marat, are, respectively, Kyrgyzstan\'s trade representative in China and Kyrgyzstan\'s ambassador to Germany. (RFE/RL)