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Fergana reports that the authorities of Kazakhstan do not want the country’s territory to be used to circumvent anti-Russian sanctions. Roman Vasilenko, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, reportedly stated this in an interview with Poland’s state-run news agency PAP . asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported yesterday that more than 1,800 state workers have been mobilized in the southern province of Khatlon to go door-to-door to warn people about joining religious extremist groups. asiaplustj.info »
An article by Temur Umarov, posted on Carnegie Foundation (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)’s website, says the changes in migration policy serve as a striking example of how swiftly and radically the Russian government can shift its stance to a far more aggressive and brutal approach. asiaplustj.info »
The Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s power generation company) wrote an announcement on its Facebook page, noting that electricity rationing is introduced in rural areas on September 22. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan, by its resolution, instructed to recognize the tax debts of OJSC “Tajiktelecom” and the State Unitary Enterprise “Center for Electromagnetic Compatibility and Radio Monitoring” of the Communications Service as hopeless and write them off. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan has instructed the Agency for State Material Reserves to allocate an interest-free loan in the amount of 50 million somoni (about $4.7 million) for the purchase of consumer wheat inside the republic. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the head of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption under the President of Tajikistan, Major-General Sulaimon Sultonzoda, revealed on August 9 that the anticorruption agency has uncovered 1,267 corruption and economic crimes over the first six months of this year. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in the city of Buston in Sughd province, the mayor of the city, Ms. Nigorakhon Ghafforzoda, recently told reporters that despite all efforts, the problem of water supply remains unresolved in the city. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the head of the Committee for Local Development under the Government of Tajikistan, Sharifjon Jumazoda, noted on July 29 that names of more than 174 settlements that do not correspond to national traditions have be renamed over the first six months period and more than 300 other settlement will be renamed in the near future. asiaplustj.info »
The 53-year-old Tajik-American businessman Salimdzon Nasriddinov, a Tajik citizen holding a dual citizenship with Russia, who has lived in the United States for many years, and the 38-year-old Nikolay Goltsev of Montreal, who holds citizenship of Russia and Canada, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit export control violations for their roles in a global procurement scheme on behalf of asiaplustj.info »
When citizens publicly allege torture and coercion into giving false testimonies, what should be the response of law enforcement authorities? This issue is critical and timely. So what happened? Previously, Asia-Plus reported that Konibodom police officers detained the brother of a murdered man on suspicion of killing a married couple. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, will completely eliminate trolleybuses, Bishkek Mayor Aibek Junushaliyev said in an interview with Kabar news agency. Junushaliyev explained that the city aims to clean up trolleybus lines and introduce modern, mobile buses instead. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Akbarsho Iskandarov, the former chairman of Tajikistan’s parliament, which was known as the Shuroi Oli (Supreme Council) until the early 1990s, has been summoned to the Prosecutor-General’s Office and has been detained after the questioning on unspecified charges. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reports that in striving to counteract the country’s image as a font of Islamic militantism, Tajikistan’s leaders are dodging underlying economic problems. Instead, they keep attacking the issue around its edges. asiaplustj.info »
The Kazakhstan authorities do not rule out that the country’s representatives will participate in the Peace Summit in Switzerland. Aibek Smadiyarov, an official representative of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry, stated that “Kazakhstan advocates compliance with the principles of the UN Charter in any conflicts. asiaplustj.info »
A statement released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on May 30 says increasing numbers of people in Uzbekistan are being prosecuted and imprisoned for “insulting the president online.” The criminal charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and violates international human rights law. asiaplustj.info »
During a visit to the southern province of Khatlon, President Emomali Rahmon sharply criticized “the pace” of the province's development of the agrarian sector. His criticism, directed at local officials in the province, came during an address to a meeting of regional administrators in Danghara on May 25. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported on May 20 that China is poised to help Tajikistan complete some major infrastructure projects, including modernization of the state-controlled aluminum smelter (Tajik Aluminum Company, or TALCO), the country’s largest industrial enterprise. asiaplustj.info »
Beginning on January 1, 2025, Uzbekistan’s police will start keeping a register of citizens who have committed or are inclined to commit violence, Fergana news reported on May 14. By president’s decree those put on the register will be subject to correctional work, with the involvement of psychology inspectors from the National Guard. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan authorities call on tourist companies to refrain from sending tourists to Sarytag area in Ayni district of the northern province of Sughd due to the risk of contracting the plague. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan has rejected a statement by Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of Russia’s Security Council that Ukraine has allegedly recruited mercenaries in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities must respect journalists’ freedom of expression. The US Ambassador to Tajikistan, Manuel Micaller, says this in his message of congratulations on the occasion of the Day of Press, which is marked in Tajikistan on March 11. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities have promised to increase electricity supplies to residential customers in the regions, who have experienced power rationing since later September last year, to 8 house per day during the holy month of Ramadan: four hours in the morning and four hours in the evening. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik Prosecutor-General's Office, for the first time, confirmed on February 16 that opposition activist Bilol Qurbonaliyev was arrested after Germany deported him in November, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says . asiaplustj.info »
The ambitious National Green Country Program adopted by the Tajik Government last year provides for planting 65 million trees and shrubs in the country on an area of more than 4,000 hectares until the end of 2025. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports say Iran's Ministry of Intelligence Friday (January 5) evening released a statement on the Kerman twin blasts, claiming that one of the alleged suicide bombers held Tajikistani nationality. asiaplustj.info »
Mufti Albir Krganov, Head of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia, say religious leaders of Central Asia’s nations should work more actively with migrants working both in Russia and before their arrival in the country in order to prevent any wrongdoing, “now such interaction is not built,” writes TASS . asiaplustj.info »
Local authorities in the Kulob region of Khatlon province have taken tough measures to make residential customers pay for electricity. Thus, the Kulob Power Distribution Network just cuts off electricity supply to settlements, 20 percent of residents of which have electricity debts. asiaplustj.info »
As motorists in Kazakhstan grow increasingly partial to running their cars on liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, local officials are warning that shortages of the fuel will inevitably lead to price rises. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports say the Ministry of Digital Development of Kyrgyzstan has proposed a new concept – the temporary residence permit – for foreign citizens, including citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The local authorities of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) are seriously concerned over increase in prices of petroleum products and high cost of medicines in the region. These issues were discussed at a meeting held by the GBAO deputy governor, Anvar Immatshozoda, in GBAO’s capital, Khorog, on November 30. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities must disclose the whereabouts of Asliddin Sharipov who disappeared after Russian authorities extradited him to Tajikistan earlier this fall, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) said in a statement released on October 30. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday October 25, the Governor of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) Alisher Mirzonabot held a meeting to discuss the current socioeconomic situation in the area. Along with other issues, the issue of Internet and mobile phone communication services was also discussed at the meeting. Speaking at the meeting, Mr. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s government has been accused of using electricity as leverage against its political opponents after officials allegedly cut off power to the family homes of several opposition figures. asiaplustj.info »
Russian ruble surges after the Russian authorities ordered 43 companies to prop up the slumping currency by selling some of their foreign cash Interfax reports that the Russian authorities announced on Wednesday evening that they are introducing mandatory sales of foreign currency earnings on the domestic market for the country's largest exporters for a period of six months in order asiaplustj.info »
Oishamo Abdulloyeva, the mother of self-exiled opposition leader Sharofiddin Gadoyev, told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service on October 12 that Farkhor district authorities cut off electricity to her house a day earlier over her son's political activities in Europe. asiaplustj.info »
Despite the steady economic growth observed in Tajikistan over the past ten years, the employment rate remains low, says the medium-term program for the development of productive employment designed for 2023-2027, which adopted by the country’s government on August 31, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
Starting from October 1, 2023, Uzbekistan’s authorities will launch the integrated program of continuous support for small businesses. Under this program, the authorities will provide 1.7 billion US dollars to local entrepreneurs in the form of preferential loans within the next three years. asiaplustj.info »
Five nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been closed down in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) over the first six months of this year, in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan region have been closed down over the past six months, the Deputy Minister of Justice, Asadullo Hakimzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on August 8. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Rustam Mirzozoda, the head of Tajikistan’s High Economic Court, stated on August 7 that the Economic Court of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) has granted the request of the GBAO chief prosecutor’s office for the appropriation of a land plot in GBAO’s capital, Khorog, where the University of Central Asia asiaplustj.info »
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s southern region of Batken say the border with Tajikistan, shut down more than two years ago following a deadly standoff, can "gradually reopen" after delimitation and demarcation work between the two nations is fully accomplished. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty reported on July 26 that officials in Tajikistan have taken over several major properties, including a hotel, a lycee, and a city park that are linked to the influential spiritual leader Aga Khan in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). asiaplustj.info »
Dushanbe authorities introduce non-cash payment for the rental of textbooks for schoolchildren starting from August 1, Navrouz Mirzo, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education and Science (MoES), told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan on July 19 labeled the Pamir Daily News online news agency as an “extremist organization” and banned its activities in the country. Media reports say the ruling follows a request submitted to the court by Tajik Prosecutor-General Yusuf Rahmon. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban authorities have ask Russia to simplify the issuance of visas to Afghans. TOLOnews tweeted on July 15 that Russia's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, have met in Kabul with the acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Amir Khan Muttaqi. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan media reports say a delegation from the Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs of Afghanistan has traveled to Uzbekistan and discussed border security issues with Uzbek authorities. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported on July 5 that the government of Tajikistan’s campaign against the operations of a charitable organization funded by the Agha Khan, the spiritual leader of the country’s Ismaili minority, has intensified over the past few weeks. asiaplustj.info »
Russian authorities have arrested Tajik blogger Junaidullo Khudoyorov at Tajikistan's request, his brother told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi on June 25, adding that the activist may face illegal incarceration and arbitrary prosecution if extradited to Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
World Bank’s research entitled “Gender Dimensions of Cross-Border Trade” has shown that the expansion of international trade is essential for poverty reduction, and it provides better job opportunities and increased returns particularly for women. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian authorities are intensifying efforts to attract contractors among migrant workers from the Central Asian countries to fight in Ukraine, offering them money and other enticements. asiaplustj.info »
