Former Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev finally left the country on Wednesday for Dubai before traveling to Spain, where he plans to receive medical treatment following his release from prison.
Atambayev is traveling accompanied by one of his sons, Kadirbek, sources close to the case told 24kg news agency. «They took off this morning at around 6:34 a.m. from Bishkek. Then they will travel to Spain,» they said.
The former president was released on Tuesday and thanked the Spanish government shortly afterwards for its mediation in securing his release. However, he has promised that he will return to the country, «as he always does», once the treatment is over. «I need to fly abroad for treatment, but I will return, I will return,» he said.
Atambayev was sentenced in 2020 to eleven years and two months in prison, as well as to the withdrawal of part of his assets, for a corruption offense that occurred in 2013 in connection with the release of mafia boss Aziz Batukaev, although Justice has now decided to repeat the trial.
He presided over the country between 2011 and 2017 and has repeatedly come out of various court proceedings with flying colors. In June 2022, a court in Bishkek exonerated him of the crimes of corruption and abuse of power in relation to irregularities in the construction of a school and in the issuance of passports to Turkish citizens.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
