Three years ago, an unknown Uzbek company registered in an apartment emerged from nowhere to land more than $100 million in state contracts before vanishing again. A new RFE/RL investigation reveals the firm’s ties to the Uzbek president’s son-in-law.
In a seemingly ordinary, albeit high-end Kyrgyz wedding ceremony, a young couple named Alanur and Bakai took center stage, surrounded by music, lights,
Raimbek Matraimov, a shadowy Kyrgyz political operator, has long denied his ties to Khabibula Abdukadyr, the secretive tycoon who made millions in alleged smuggling with his help. In 2021, his son .
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The changing fortunes of one of Kyrgyzstan's richest businessmen tell a story about where the country has been and where it might be heading under President Sadyr Japarov.