Kyrgyzstan's Former Kingmaker Matraimov Brought Home As Enemy Of The State

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Kyrgyzstan's Former Kingmaker Matraimov Brought Home As Enemy Of The State

Raimbek Matraimov, an ex-customs official accused of stealing millions of dollars from Kyrgyzstan, was once a notorious powerbroker. But he’s wanted for allegedly plotting to take out top officials in President Sadyr Japarov’s government and has now been extradited from Azerbaijan.