The former head of Kyrgyzstan’s National Bank is the latest to be detained in the expanding – and politically charged – Kyrgyzneftegaz probe. Melis Turgunbaev, who became head of the National Bank in
In October 2024, Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy was convicted of organizing or aiding in “calls for mass unrest” and sentenced to six years in a Kyrgyz prison. Tazhibek kyzy is the director of Temirov Live an