BishkekReporters found an Ilan Shor-linked fund bought Kolbaev’s seized resort.
President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan had named Alexei Shirshov, a Maxim Bakiyev associate, as the buyer.
Bars, confiscated from slain crime boss Kamchy Kolbaev, sold at twice its price in Japarov’s account, which investigative reporters call untrue.
A Bishkek court sentenced Baktybek Moldaliev to 3 years on Wednesday for sharing Kloop’s reporting, resting on one linguist’s opinion alone.
How each outlet framed it
- Kloop leans critical
- exposes Japarov's claim about Shirshov as false: OCCRP found the resort was bought by a Shor-linked fund
- Kloop leans critical
- details the prosecution's reliance on a linguist's expert opinion, arguing the question put to him was improperly framed