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On October 4, Kyrgyz security forces carried out an operation to detain the country’s well-known crime boss Kamchibek Kolbaev, known as Kolya the Kyrgyz. It happened in the Bishkek bar “Blonder Pub”. According to the State Committee for National Security, the suspect resisted and was shot dead by special forces. None of the other visitors to the establishment were injured. The State Committee for National Security announced the continuation of the fight against organized crime groups, after which the leaders of the groups, one after another, began to declare that from now on they agree to live according to the law, and not “according to concepts.” The head of the special service, Kamchybek Tashiev, even wrote on social networks that “now there will be no criminal environment and no crime fund in Kyrgyzstan.” Does the republic really intend to completely defeat organized crime or is this just a populist move by the authorities? Fergana is looking into it. "Crowned" in Moscow Kamchibek Kolbaev was born in the city of Cholpon-Ata, Issyk-Kul region in 1974.
His father, an honored coach of Kyrgyzstan in national sports, who oversaw his son’s physical education, had a great influence on him. Kamchibek could have taken up sports professionally, but in the 90s, like many young guys, he was drawn into crime. For several years, the Cholpon-Ata resident was the bodyguard of local authority Rysbek Akmatbaev, who challenged the Chechen mafia that was then rampant Country Email List Kyrgyzstan. In 2000, Kolbaev organized an assassination attempt on his boss. According to one version, representatives of the organized crime group laid claim to one business and were unable to divide it; according to another, it was not without Akmatbaev’s competitors who persuaded the bodyguard to take a desperate step. However, the attempt was not successful: the authority was wounded, but survived, unlike his two guards. Kolbaev was sentenced to 25 years in prison for this daring action. However, six years later, without good reason, he was transferred to a settlement colony, from where he soon fled. In 2006, Akmatbaev was shot dead. It is unknown who hired the killer this time.
There were enough applicants, including the same Kolbaev, who was already at large, hiding from justice. A year later, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic applied an amnesty to him, announced in honor of the adoption of the new Constitution, and dropped the case of escaping from prison. Kamchibek Kolbaev. Photo from asia24.media We can say that in 2008 Kolbaev’s finest hour came. A number of media reported that he became the first Kyrgyzstani to be crowned with the rank of “thief in law.” It happened in Moscow, where dozens of crime bosses from all over the former Soviet Union gathered. Rumor has it that the nickname “Kolya-Kyrgyz” was given to the new member of the criminal elite by the famous Grandfather Hassan (Aslan Usoyan), who was already called a living legend of the criminal world in those days. At home, Kolbaev became involved in a number of criminal cases. He was charged with a whole heap of crimes - from creating an organized crime group and robbery to drug trafficking and kidnapping. In 2012, Kolya the Kyrgyz was arrested, but he got away unscathed, as witnesses and victims simultaneously retracted their earlier testimony. A year later, the court still sentenced the crime authority to 5.5 years in prison, but the second instance commuted the sentence.
His father, an honored coach of Kyrgyzstan in national sports, who oversaw his son’s physical education, had a great influence on him. Kamchibek could have taken up sports professionally, but in the 90s, like many young guys, he was drawn into crime. For several years, the Cholpon-Ata resident was the bodyguard of local authority Rysbek Akmatbaev, who challenged the Chechen mafia that was then rampant Country Email List Kyrgyzstan. In 2000, Kolbaev organized an assassination attempt on his boss. According to one version, representatives of the organized crime group laid claim to one business and were unable to divide it; according to another, it was not without Akmatbaev’s competitors who persuaded the bodyguard to take a desperate step. However, the attempt was not successful: the authority was wounded, but survived, unlike his two guards. Kolbaev was sentenced to 25 years in prison for this daring action. However, six years later, without good reason, he was transferred to a settlement colony, from where he soon fled. In 2006, Akmatbaev was shot dead. It is unknown who hired the killer this time.
There were enough applicants, including the same Kolbaev, who was already at large, hiding from justice. A year later, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic applied an amnesty to him, announced in honor of the adoption of the new Constitution, and dropped the case of escaping from prison. Kamchibek Kolbaev. Photo from asia24.media We can say that in 2008 Kolbaev’s finest hour came. A number of media reported that he became the first Kyrgyzstani to be crowned with the rank of “thief in law.” It happened in Moscow, where dozens of crime bosses from all over the former Soviet Union gathered. Rumor has it that the nickname “Kolya-Kyrgyz” was given to the new member of the criminal elite by the famous Grandfather Hassan (Aslan Usoyan), who was already called a living legend of the criminal world in those days. At home, Kolbaev became involved in a number of criminal cases. He was charged with a whole heap of crimes - from creating an organized crime group and robbery to drug trafficking and kidnapping. In 2012, Kolya the Kyrgyz was arrested, but he got away unscathed, as witnesses and victims simultaneously retracted their earlier testimony. A year later, the court still sentenced the crime authority to 5.5 years in prison, but the second instance commuted the sentence.