Ministry of State Property of Kyrgyzstan in the Federal Property Management Agency has sent acts to transfer 48 percent of shares in Russian companies Dastan, which is a manufacturer of torpedoes. It is reported by AKI.
Dastan, according to Kommersant, makes torpedo Squall, as well as components of torpedoes, which buy Russia, Ukraine and India.
Acts of sending reporters, as noted, the speaker of the Kyrgyz parliament said Akhmatbek Keldibekov, while in St. Petersburg within the framework of inter-parliamentary Assembly of EurAsEC and the CIS.
When the process of transfer of shares will be completed, is not specified.
Russia to transfer 48 percent of the shares Dastan Kyrgyz authorities have promised back in 2009 (Republic Kurmanbek Bakiev was in charge) – in exchange for the cancellation of external debt. However, shares, most of whom were considered to be controlled by the son of the deposed president, at the disposal of the Russian side has not been received.
The conflict over Dastan, believed to become one of the reasons why the relationship between Moscow and Bishkek (under President Bakiyev) deteriorated.
After the April 2010 uprising, which culminated in the overthrow of Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstan's new government pledged to fulfill obligations to Russia. However, the transfer of shares Dastan long. In early 2011 it was reported in the press about the possible sale of the shares of Turkish investors. In Kyrgyzstan, the government refuted this information. However, the Fund of nationalized property, as he wrote, Kommersant, said that to the object are particularly interested in many countries. Apart from Russia, the source described as India, Turkey and Ukraine.
The press has also circulated rumors that the company derived from the large sums to finance the election campaign, the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (one of the ruling party in the country). In this regard, as reported by 24.kg, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Almaz Atambayev (who is the leader of Social Democratic Party) requested an investigation and punish those responsible.