The investigation into luxury car smuggling that landed multiple Kyrgyz journalists in prison

Sanction Breakers

Kyrgyzstan has become a waypoint for European or American goods being smuggled into Russia, which has been under

Western sanctions since it invaded Ukraine. Some 11 journalists were arrested, four of whom were sentenced, for investigating the trafficking of European cars.

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