Prosecutors on Tuesday charged Kyrgyzstan's ex-president Almazbek Atambayev...
FILE PHOTO: Kyrgyz former President Almazbek Atambayev, who was stripped of legal immunity after a parliamentary vote, and his supporters attend a meeting with journalists in the village of Koy-Tash near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov
Atambayev, 62, surrendered to police on Thursday when they raided his house and took him in for questioning over a corruption case. The ex-president, whose escalating conflict with his successor Sooronbai Jeenbekov risks plunging the Central Asian nation into political crisis, was accused, among other charges, with organizing mass unrest and murdering the officer who was shot dead during the botched raid, the Russian agency said.
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