By empty (5/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The damage caused by former President Askar Akayev and his family to Kyrgyzstan runs to billions of soms, Daniyar Usenov, acting deputy prime minister and head of the commission probing Akayev\'s property, told reporters on Friday. \"The damage caused by the president\'s family through tax evasion, the violation of privatization rules, duty evasions and other offenses is estimated at billions of soms,\" he said. Speaking in parliament, Usenov said the list of companies and facilities affiliated with the president and his family has grown to 178.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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