Case of the ex-President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev on the illegal release of the criminal boss Aziz Batukaev will be reconsidered. The court canceled the prison term of 11 years and two months, which was assigned to the politician as a sentence, reports TASS .
Atambaev is one of the accused in this case.
In November, the court also began a review of criminal cases against the ex-president of the riots that began in the summer of 2019 during the detention of Atambayev at his residence in the village of Koi-Tash. The former president was charged with corruption, illegal enrichment, organizing a seizure of power, as well as killing him by supporters of a special forces soldier during resistance. On November 11 he was left in custody.
Atambayev was illegally released in early October during the pogroms in Bishkek, provoked by violations in the parliamentary elections on October 4. He was going to actively participate in protest activities, but was unable to do so for health reasons. On October 9, the politician was assassinated, and the very next day he was detained again detained .
Together with the ex-president, ex-deputy Sadyr Japarov, who was serving time for taking a hostage during the riots in 2013, was released from prison. Almost immediately, he was appointed the country’s new prime minister at the suggestion of one of the main opposition parties. On October 15, after the resignation of President Sooronbai Jeenbekov, Japarov became the interim head of state, but a month later he them . The politician explained this by plans to participate in the presidential elections, which are scheduled for January 10, 2021.