A Kyrgyz Custom Official s Luxury Getaways December 18, 2020
“You can’t forbid living beautifully!” wrote Amanda Turgunova.
Judging by her online presence, Turgunova should know. The social media accounts of this Kyrgyz jet-setter show a gilded life, in which she wears Dolce & Gabbana dresses, dines in extravagant restaurants and enjoys a new Lexus SUV a “gift from ❤️❤️❤️.”
That ❤️ refers to her husband Raimbek Matraimov, the former deputy head of Kyrgyzstan’s National Customs Service. His name has become a byword for scandal in this Central Asian country. Many people in Kyrgyzstan have long believed the Matraimov family to be extremely rich, earning him the popular nickname “Raim Million.” The exact extent of that wealth was never clear until recently.