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US slams Kyrgyzstan court

By AFP
March 04, 2021

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: The United States said on Wednesday it was "deeply concerned" after a court in Kyrgyzstan released a man who is under US sanctions over ties to the international heroin trade. Kamchibek Kolbayev is often cited by media in the mountainous ex-Soviet country as being a powerful underworld "authority" and an influential force in Kyrgyzstan’s turbulent politics.