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U.S. serviceman Zachary Hatfield, who in 2006 shot and killed a Kyrgyz air base in the U.S., formally acquitted. About it as transmits AKI, said Chief Dwight Sounz airbase. According Sounza in the U.S. have been investigated, and the trial was held. Jurors acquitted Hatfield, citing lack of evidence. Murder on the U.S. airbase, which is found in the international airport "Manas" (outside of Bishkek), was committed in December 2006. Was shot by a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, Alexander Ivanov, who worked at the airport tanker driver. The U.S. side then stated that he shot at the U.S. Air Force soldier Zachary Hatfield use weapons of reason. In her version, Ivanov had behaved aggressively and threatened the soldier, so he had to shoot to kill. Kyrgyz side, in turn, argued that the reason to shoot at the driver of the soldier has not been (in the press also featured an unofficial version, according to which an American soldier at the time of the murder he was drunk). The Kyrgyz authorities have demanded the extradition of command base Hatfield to bring him to justice. However, they were refused. A few months after the murder of soldier returned to the U.S.. U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan acts since 2001. It is used to support coalition forces in Afghanistan. In early 2009, the Kyrgyz government (then led the republic, Kurmanbek Bakiyev) announced their intention to get rid of this object. According to the common version, the decision they took in the view of the fact that they had received financial assistance from Russia. However, the base has not been closed. In the summer of 2009 it was renamed to "transit center", while the function is actually the base remained unchanged. The presence of U.S. military base Kyrgyzstan annually receives tens of millions of dollars. In 2010, its contribution to the economy of Kyrgyzstan, reportedly totaled 123.5 million dollars. This amount includes payments to the Government of the Republic (60 million per year), payment of the airport "Manas", the costs of the American side for humanitarian assistance.
