At least 1,587 citizens of Kyrgyzstan are serving their sentences in places of detention abroad. Deputy Minister of Justice Orozbek Sydykov told about this at a meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation, State Structure, Judicial, Legal Issues and Regulations of the Parliament.
Of them:
- in Russia — 742;
- in Turkey — 31;
- in Tajikistan — 25;
- in Kazakhstan — 86;
- in Italy — 10;
- in Hungary — 1;
- in Germany — 1;
- in the UAE — 15;
- in Saudi Arabia — 2;
- in Korea — 8;
- in Slovakia — 1;
- in Slovenia — 1;
- in Uzbekistan — 45;
- in Ukraine — 2;
- in Romania — 1;
- in Moldova — 1;
- in France — 1;
- in China — 13;
- in Iraq — 41;
- in Belarus — 4;
- in Lithuania — 2;
- in Georgia — 2;
- in Iran — 1.
Other 788 Kyrgyzstanis are under investigation in foreign countries: 742 — in Russia, Turkey — 13, Tajikistan — 9, Kazakhstan — 5, Italy — 5, Hungary — 4, Germany — 2, Egypt — 2, Saudi Arabia — 2, Korea — 1, Czech Republic — 1 and France — 1.