Kyrgyzstan’s General Prosecutor’s Office resumed investigation on Kumtor agreements legality

Almaty. June 23. Silkroadnews – General Prosecutor’s Office of the Kyrgyz Republic resumed the investigation of the criminal case for facts of corruption on the agreement made on Kumtor, KyrTAG reports.

“By order of President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, the general prosecutor’s office resumed investigation of the criminal case on the facts of corruption in the agreements on “Kumtor” project,” press service of the General Prosecutor of Kyrgyzstan reported on Thursday.

It should be noted, within the framework of the criminal case under art.303 part 2 (corruption) of the Criminal Code of Kyrgyzstan the wanted list includes: the former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Nikolai Tanaev; son of the former Kyrgyz president Aidar Akayev; the former Minister of International Trade and Industry Sadriddin Dzhienbekov; members of the Kyrgyz government’s expert group Emirlan Toromyrzaev, E. Belkovskaya; the former president of the Canadian company Cameco Gold Inc. and Centerra Gold Inc. Leonard Homenyuk.

“Special investigation activities has been resumed and all the measures are taken to detain them with further extradition to Kyrgyzstan. With this, taking into account the international scale of the corruption crimes, the investigative actions and operational-search measures are provided through the legal mechanisms used within the international agreements,” prosecutor general’s office said.