The court sentenced disgraced Tajik businessman Zayd Saidov to 26 years in prison and confiscation of property on December 25. According to Saidov’s defense lawyer, Shuhrat Qudratov, the sentence followed his conviction of charges of bribe-taking, financial fraud, polygamy, rape and illegal deprivation of liberty. Zayd Saidov will serve his term in a high-security penal colony. The court's...
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