Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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What is the connection between this rapper and the president of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov?
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The president of a country once known as the freest in Central Asia has given himself the power to hand out high-value government contracts with little oversight.

People with ties to the president are getting these contracts. One is a rapper, Eloman, who is friends with the president’s son.

Click here for our full investigation: occrp.org/en/investigations/all-the-presidents-men-state-projects-handed-to-apparent-proxies-in-kyrgyzstan

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