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Former president of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev was handed a notification of suspicion in the case on mass riots in October 2020. Lawyer Sergei Slesarev told 24.kg news agency.

According to him, Atambayev is charged with organizing riots on October 5-6 and October 9.

“The grounds and reasons why my client was handed a notification of suspicion are unknown. Almazbek Atambayev was released from the detention facility of the State Committee for National Security at the request of the leadership of the State Committee. Nobody entered the building of the State Committee for National Security, there were people on the territory. The events of that time show that Almazbek Atambayev, Farid Niyazov, Kanat Sagymbaev were in custody during the riots on October 5, 2020. On October 9, my client also did not take part in the riots. He spoke among other protesters on Ala-Too square. There was shooting, stones and earth were thrown. Everyone left the square, but, for some reason, one of those who did not participate in the riots was charged with their staging,” Sergei Slesarev said.