Ayu distillery will be nationalized. The President of Kyrgyzstan said in another interview.
According to Sadyr Japarov, the company did not pay taxes and smuggled alcohol.
«We had been turning a blind eye to it for 2.5 years. They were asked to work honestly, not to hide profit, not to engage in forgery of excise stamps. We said that the old days when, having paid into the pocket of the authorities, it was possible to engage in smuggling, have passed. We personally do not need money, we must replenish the budget. They didn’t listen. Instead of paying millions in taxes, they, as before, forged excise stamps and got caught with 12,000 forged ones. 275 tons of smuggled alcohol were detained, the cost of which is more than 40 million soms. Now both the distillery and the vodka plant have been confiscated in accordance with the law. They will be transferred to the state. Now both alcohol and vodka will be produced by the state,» Sadyr Japarov said.
Ayu company is owned by one of the richest people in the country, businessman Sharshenbek Abdykerimov. He has five companies. He is the only founder of two — Ak-Sarai peasant farm, which breeds cattle, and the construction company Frunze-Resort. He is co-founder of other three.
The former deputy also has shares in Ayu LLC, General Management Company and Ayu Construction company.
According to the data for 2020, Frunze-Resort paid the most contributions to the budget — 1,126,810 soms, followed by Ak-Sarai farm — 406,892 soms. Ayu LLC paid only 490,000 soms.
