This was reported by TASS with reference to the supervisory authority.

“Pre-trial proceedings have begun on the fact of the illegal enrichment of the former president,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said.

It is noted that at present "during the investigation, 120 objects of property of Atambayev and his close relatives were arrested."

Earlier, the court extended the arrest of Atambayev until October 26. He was detained on August 8.

Zamir Beishekeev, the head of the department of the Prosecutor General’s Office for the Supervision of Investigative Investigative Activities and Investigation, said that Atambayev was charged with murder and a number of other especially serious crimes.