Factcheck.kg’s Bolot Temirov receives U.S. State Department’s inaugural Anticorruption Champion award

Bishkek, Feb. 24, 2021. / Kabar /. Yesterday in Washington D.C., the U.S. State Department announced Mr. Bolot Temirov, the editor-in-chief of Facheck.kg, as a recipient of the inaugural Anticorruption Champion award, given to 12 individuals combatting corruption and fighting for transparency and accountability around the world, the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan reported. In competition with many other compelling candidates, Mr. Temirov won the award for his long career as an investigative journalist focusing on government corruption and organized crime.