Нефть для своих: как разорили Кыргызнефтегаз

For five years, the country witnessed a high-profile fight against corruption. Arrests. Loud statements. Show raids. It seemed the system was truly changing. But something else was happening alongside this fight. This concerns state-owned oil. Over five years, from 2021 to 2025, oil worth over 7 billion soms was channeled through private intermediary firms. This episode explores how the state-owned enterprise Kyrgyzneftegaz was effectively dismantled piece by piece. And how the state-owned company's multi-billion dollar profits could have ended up in the hands of private firms affiliated with the country's former chief security officer.