BISHKEK (Reuters) - A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced fugitive former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to 24 years in prison for abuse of office, and handed a life term to his brother for murder and other crimes.
The verdicts announced on Tuesday give the authorities legal grounds to resume demanding the ex-president's extradition from Belarus.
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