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Kubat Kasymbekov
Kubat Kasymbekov is a journalist for RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, which he first joined in 2010 in Bishkek. In 2013, he joined the BBC's Kyrgyz Service in London. He rejoined RFE/RL in Prague in 2016, where he currently works as a newscaster, TV/radio host, and video producer. He graduated from the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University in Bishkek. As a journalism student he contributed to local media in Kyrgyzstan, including state TV.