The ex-president of Kyrgyzstan was arrested

The court sent the former President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev to a pre-trial detention center until August 26. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the lawyer Sergei Slesarev.

“As a result of an offsite session of a judge of the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek, who was summoned to the State Committee for National Security, the court decided to arrest Atambaev for the duration of the investigation, until August 26,” he said.

Atambaev is suspected of illegal enrichment and land acquisition, corruption during the modernization of the Bishkek thermal power plant and involvement in the illegal release of criminal authority Aziz Batukaev in 2013. At the end of June, Parliament stripped him of his immunity. On August 7 and 8, security forces stormed the house of the former president several times and eventually detained him. During the assault, both the security forces and Atambaev's supporters suffered. After his detention, a rally began in Bishkek, which was dispersed by the authorities.

After leaving the presidency, Atambaev hoped to maintain a leading position in the politics of Kyrgyzstan, he saw himself as a gray cardinal, told RBC Igor Shestakov, co-chairman of the Pikir club of regional experts, . However, the new president of the country Sooronbai Jeenbekov and his team did not agree with this vision of the development of the political situation.