Allegations of the illegal seizure of 3,500 hectares of land and collective farm property were made on November 8 during a meeting between residents of the Moskovsky district and President Sadyr Japarov. One attendee claimed that Idris Kadyrkulov and his relatives allegedly privatized the entire collective farm.
Land Division and Property Condition
According to the ambassador, following the collapse of the USSR, the lands of the K. Marx collective farm, which was one of the largest in the Chui region, were distributed among residents over a period of two to three years. The Kadyrkulov family received 25 ares of land each; however, the diplomat asserted that they privatized neither buildings nor machinery.
Idris Kadyrkulov noted that a significant portion of the collective farm's property fell into disrepair due to a lack of proper maintenance. Destroyed facilities included:
- bathhouses
- kindergartens
- boiler rooms
- farms
- corrals
The Cooperative and HPP History
In 2004, the Kadyrkulov brothers established an agricultural cooperative and purchased the office building from its previous owners. According to the ambassador, the building changed owners several times, and after 12 years, it was purchased by the ayyl okmotu. Currently, the cooperative holds 309 hectares of land.
"We privatized neither buildings, nor machinery, nor a single nail from the collective farm. I still have no land, no house, nothing."
The diplomat also mentioned his elder brother, Iskender, who in 2011 acquired land under a hydroelectric power plant that had been suspended since the 1970s, restored it using his own funds, and commissioned it.
