11:14, 06 августа 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Baktygul OSMONALIEVA
At least 40 convicted Kyrgyzstanis have been transferred from Russian prisons to Kyrgyzstan. The Foreign Affairs Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev told journalists.
According to him, the country’s authorities have agreed to transfer 40 convicted citizens from places of detention in the Russian Federation to prison colonies in the republic.
«Forty convicted Kyrgyzstanis were transferred from Russian prison colonies to Kyrgyzstan to further serve their sentences,» he said.
The official added that 52 more convicts are at the stage of «finalizing their transfer» from Russian colonies to Kyrgyzstan.