Over the span of five years, one man funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars out of Central Asia. What he knew may have cost him his life. But before his murder, he shared with reporters a trove of documents that reveal the source of this colossal wealth: A secretive family that ran an underground cargo empire with the help of a powerful political patron.
RFE/RL: Plunder and patronage in Central Asia
A protester puts a tyre on a burning barricade during clashes between supporters of Kyrgyzstan's former president and law enforcement, in the village of Koy-Tash, some 20 kilometres from Bishkek on August 8, 2019.
